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• Lisa M. Given - Swinburne University, Australia, Charles Sturt University, Australia, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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"....This is an excellent work for students, researchers, or practitioners interested in understanding or using qualitative research methods. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels."

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Qualitative research is designed to explore the human elements of a given topic, while specific qualitative methods examine how individuals see and experience the world. Qualitative approaches are typically used to explore new phenomena and to capture individuals′ thoughts, feelings, or interpretations of meaning and process. Such methods are central to research conducted in education, nursing, sociology, anthropology, information studies, and other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences. Qualitative research projects are informed by a wide range of methodologies and theoretical frameworks.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods presents current and complete information as well as ready-to-use techniques, facts, and examples from the field of qualitative research in a very accessible style. In taking an interdisciplinary approach, these two volumes target a broad audience and fill a gap in the existing reference literature for a general guide to the core concepts that inform qualitative research practices. The entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, the role of theory in qualitative research, and much more―all without overwhelming the informed reader.

Key Features

• Defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research
• Offers many entries that point to substantive debates among qualitative researchers regarding how concepts are labeled and the implications of such labels for how qualitative research is valued
• Guides readers through the complex landscape of the language of qualitative inquiry
• Includes contributors from various countries and disciplines that reflect a diverse spectrum of research approaches from more traditional, positivist approaches, through postmodern, constructionist ones
• Presents some entries written in first-person voice and others in third-person voice to reflect the diversity of approaches that define qualitative work
• Approaches and Methodologies
• Arts-Based Research, Ties to
• Computer Software
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Data Types and Characteristics
• Dissemination
• History of Qualitative Research
• Participants
• Quantitative Research, Ties to
• Research Ethics
• Textual Analysis, Ties to
• Theoretical and Philosophical Frameworks

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods is designed to appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, researchers, consultants, and consumers of information across the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences, making it a welcome addition to any academic or public library.

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• ISBN-13 978-1412941631
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• Publisher SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date 4 Nov. 2008
• Language English
• Dimensions 22.35 x 7.11 x 28.7 cm
• Print length 1072 pages
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"....This is an excellent work for students, researchers, or practitioners interested in understanding or using qualitative research methods. Summing Up : Recommended. All levels."

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Sheila keegan.

Dr Sheila Keegan is a Business Consultant and Chartered Psychologist. She is a Founding Partner of Campbell Keegan Ltd, which she set up with Rosie Campbell in 1983, working with private and public sector clients within the areas of change and communication. CKL works with organisations to generate new thinking and new strategies; developing brands, products and services, internal communications and corporate strategy. Sheila is also a trainer in qualitative market research techniques and a Master Practitioner of NLP.

Sheila is also an insatiable traveller. As well as academic writing, she has written travel and feature pieces, for example, visiting, researching and writing about Bhutan's policy on Gross National Happiness and writing about her travels through Asia with her (then) young daughter. She has written and presented several programmes for Radio 4 on topics as diverse as Bunnykins plates, 'Love Rats' and 'The Battle of the Bogside'. She is also a photographer and her work has been published in the Telegraph, Mensa magazine, OK! Magazine and the British Journal of Photography magazine. In early 2011 she completed a six month overland trip to India, in part to recreate the hippie trail she followed in 1974.

Sheila is a regular speaker at conferences, universities and to government and commercial bodies and acts as an advisor on cultural trends and consumer psychology to companies, ad agencies, think tanks, public service companies and others. She is also a media commentator on national radio and TV, including BBC Breakfast, BBC One Show, Radio 4 Money Box and Vanessa Feltz's phone ins.

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"....This is an excellent work for students, researchers, or practitioners interested in understanding or using qualitative research methods. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels."

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Lisa M. Given, Ph.D., is Associate Dean, Research and Development, for the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She is President of the Association for Information Science and Technology and has served on the College of the Australian Research Council. Lisa is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University (Australia), as well as in the Faculties of Arts (Humanities Computing) and Education, University of Alberta (Canada) More About Author

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SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SAGE Research Methods links over 175,000 pages of SAGE’s renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods

• Lisa M. Given - Swinburne University, Australia, Charles Sturt University, Australia, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Qualitative research is designed to explore the human elements of a given topic, while specific qualitative methods examine how individuals see and experience the world. Qualitative approaches are typically used to explore new phenomena and to capture individuals' thoughts, feelings, or interpretations of meaning and process. Such methods are central to research conducted in education, nursing, sociology, anthropology, information studies, and other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences. Qualitative research projects are informed by a wide range of methodologies and theoretical frameworks.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods presents current and complete information as well as ready-to-use techniques, facts, and examples from the field of qualitative research in a very accessible style. In taking an interdisciplinary approach, these two volumes target a broad audience and fill a gap in the existing reference literature for a general guide to the core concepts that inform qualitative research practices. The entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, the role of theory in qualitative research, and much more—all without overwhelming the informed reader.

Key Features

• Defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research
• Offers many entries that point to substantive debates among qualitative researchers regarding how concepts are labeled and the implications of such labels for how qualitative research is valued
• Guides readers through the complex landscape of the language of qualitative inquiry
• Includes contributors from various countries and disciplines that reflect a diverse spectrum of research approaches from more traditional, positivist approaches, through postmodern, constructionist ones
• Presents some entries written in first-person voice and others in third-person voice to reflect the diversity of approaches that define qualitative work
• Approaches and Methodologies
• Arts-Based Research, Ties to
• Computer Software
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Data Types and Characteristics
• Dissemination
• History of Qualitative Research
• Participants
• Quantitative Research, Ties to
• Research Ethics
• Textual Analysis, Ties to
• Theoretical and Philosophical Frameworks

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods is designed to appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, researchers, consultants, and consumers of information across the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences, making it a welcome addition to any academic or public library.

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"....This is an excellent work for students, researchers, or practitioners interested in understanding or using qualitative research methods. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels."

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• Cross-referenced terms , brief listing of further readings , and stable website URLs if and when available will follow most entries (whenever appropriate);
• Appendices that may include a general bibliography to build on "Further Readings," an annotated list of organizations relevant to qualitative methods, and an overview of computer software appropriate for managing and analyzing qualitative data to guide researchers in the design and implementation of qualitative research projects.

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Qualitative research is designed to explore the human elements of a given topic, while specific qualitative methods examine how individuals see and experience the world. Qualitative approaches are typically used to explore new phenomena and to capture individuals′ thoughts, feelings, or interpretations of meaning and process. Such methods are central to research conducted in education, nursing, sociology, anthropology, information studies, and other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences. Qualitative research projects are informed by a wide range of methodologies and theoretical frameworks.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods presents current and complete information as well as ready-to-use techniques, facts, and examples from the field of qualitative research in a very accessible style. In taking an interdisciplinary approach, these two volumes target a broad audience and fill a gap in the existing reference literature for a general guide to the core concepts that inform qualitative research practices. The entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, the role of theory in qualitative research, and much more―all without overwhelming the informed reader.

Key Features

• Defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research
• Offers many entries that point to substantive debates among qualitative researchers regarding how concepts are labeled and the implications of such labels for how qualitative research is valued
• Guides readers through the complex landscape of the language of qualitative inquiry
• Includes contributors from various countries and disciplines that reflect a diverse spectrum of research approaches from more traditional, positivist approaches, through postmodern, constructionist ones
• Presents some entries written in first-person voice and others in third-person voice to reflect the diversity of approaches that define qualitative work
• Approaches and Methodologies
• Arts-Based Research, Ties to
• Computer Software
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Data Types and Characteristics
• Dissemination
• History of Qualitative Research
• Participants
• Quantitative Research, Ties to
• Research Ethics
• Textual Analysis, Ties to
• Theoretical and Philosophical Frameworks

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods is designed to appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, researchers, consultants, and consumers of information across the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences, making it a welcome addition to any academic or public library.

• ISBN-10 1412941636
• ISBN-13 978-1412941631
• Edition 1st
• Publisher SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date August 21, 2008
• Language English
• Dimensions 8.8 x 2.8 x 11.3 inches
• Print length 1072 pages
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"....This is an excellent work for students, researchers, or practitioners interested in understanding or using qualitative research methods. Summing Up : Recommended. All levels."

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications, Inc; 1st edition (August 21, 2008)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1072 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1412941636
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412941631
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• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.8 x 2.8 x 11.3 inches
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Sheila keegan.

Dr Sheila Keegan is a Business Consultant and Chartered Psychologist. She is a Founding Partner of Campbell Keegan Ltd, which she set up with Rosie Campbell in 1983, working with private and public sector clients within the areas of change and communication. CKL works with organisations to generate new thinking and new strategies; developing brands, products and services, internal communications and corporate strategy. Sheila is also a trainer in qualitative market research techniques and a Master Practitioner of NLP.

Sheila is also an insatiable traveller. As well as academic writing, she has written travel and feature pieces, for example, visiting, researching and writing about Bhutan's policy on Gross National Happiness and writing about her travels through Asia with her (then) young daughter. She has written and presented several programmes for Radio 4 on topics as diverse as Bunnykins plates, 'Love Rats' and 'The Battle of the Bogside'. She is also a photographer and her work has been published in the Telegraph, Mensa magazine, OK! Magazine and the British Journal of Photography magazine. In early 2011 she completed a six month overland trip to India, in part to recreate the hippie trail she followed in 1974.

Sheila is a regular speaker at conferences, universities and to government and commercial bodies and acts as an advisor on cultural trends and consumer psychology to companies, ad agencies, think tanks, public service companies and others. She is also a media commentator on national radio and TV, including BBC Breakfast, BBC One Show, Radio 4 Money Box and Vanessa Feltz's phone ins.

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Article publication date: 23 October 2009

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Bell, D.S. (2009), "The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods", Reference Reviews , Vol. 23 No. 8, pp. 24-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/09504120911003302

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