New approaches in social research / Carol Grbich.

By:

Grbich, Carol

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (152 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847876447
1847876447
9781849209519
1849209510
9786611240134
6611240136
1281240133
9781281240132

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: New approaches in social research.DDC classification:

300.723 22

LOC classification:

H61 .G662 2004eb

Other classification:

70.02

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Contents:

Modernity to modernism -- Postmodernity and postmodernism -- Structuralism and poststructuralism -- Research design -- The position of the researcher -- The researcher, the research participants and the reader -- Data presentation and re-presentation -- A postmodern piece of research -- Continuums and continuities.

Summary: A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research. Carol Grbich shows that qualitative methods need to be followed just as rigorously as quantitative methods, providing examples drawn from various health fields. A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.

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A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research. Carol Grbich shows that qualitative methods need to be followed just as rigorously as quantitative methods, providing examples drawn from various health fields. A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.