Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology
A Practical Guide
- Michael A Forrester - University of Kent, UK
This unique text provides a complete introduction to qualitative methods in psychology and will be ideal reading for anyone doing a course in qualitative psychology or planning a practical project using qualitative approaches. Forrester's book has been developed in tandem with its own dataset, collected specifically for the book which will be a unique resource for any students using the text. Using interview recordings (video and audio, available to readers on-line) alongside worked examples of different ways to analyze the same dataset, the handbook and the interview data together provide an invaluable resource for anybody interested in either learning or teaching qualitative methods in psychology.
Following an elucidating introduction, Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology: A Practical Guide offers clear and useful descriptions and explanations of how and why research questions are formulated and the importance of selecting appropriate methods for investigations, with a focus on semi-structured interviewing (as used in the on-line data).
The book describes four specific qualitative methods, explaining in a very clear 'how to proceed' style, how each of these methods can form the basis of a qualitative methods laboratory class, practical, or field study. It also describes precisely how research reports using qualitative methods are written, in line with the appropriate conventions of report writing in psychology.
All in all, this is simply the most useful undergraduate qualitative research methods book one could wish for.
This is the best book for psychology students especially because it has practical activities. It is user friendly and give a full and academic clarity of methodological concepts and how to effectively apply them using empirical research. It is the best book to use as an introduction to qualitative research methods and since I am lecturing psychology students, it has become the best resource for my class.
Very useful textbook. Really allows students to understand the differences in a variety of key qualitative methods. It achieves this by using the same data throughout which really seems to work. Also it addresses some key conceptual issues and also practical issues. Will prove to be a very useful book for undergrad and postgrad students alike! Well done to the TQRMUL group!
A good introductory text for qualitative research, providing an overview of main methods.
Some really good practical examples of different methods of analysis. Will prove to be a valuable aid to students.
This is a very practical and great "doing" book. The learning hints, aids, guidelines and specifically the examples make this book a great link between doing research and writing research. The practical examples included make this a good book.
This book provides the student an exelent overview of topics within qualitative research methods and has the potential of being additional reading to the students doing their own research.
Excellent overview of epistemology, data collection and data analysis.
This book is, I feel, a fantastic guide to qualitative research. For both students and slightly wary staff!
The depth of the theoretical coverage is good and written in such a way that it is quite accessible, even to a novice.
The book is well structured and I feel confident in recommending it to students to supplement their understanding of qualitative research methods and data analysis at the 2nd year level, as well as for 3rd year dissertations.
This text has an accessible feel to it making it attractive to students. The availability of dataset to complement the text and the comparisons drawn between different methods of analysis serve to illustrate well the points of difference and strengths and weakness of the various methods involved. I am happy to include it in our reading lists for these modules.
The chapter on writing up a qualitative research project is very good and helpful to students.
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