The Sage Handbook Of Qualitative Data Collection

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How we understand and define qualitative data is changing, with implications not only for the techniques of data analysis, but also how data are collected. New devices, technologies and online spaces open up new ways for researchers to approach and collect images, moving images, text and talk. systematically explores the approaches, techniques, debates and new frontiers for creating, collecting and producing qualitative data. Bringing together contributions from internationally leading scholars in the field, the handbook offers a state-of-the-art look at key themes across six thematic parts: Part I Charting the Routes Part II Concepts, Contexts, Basics Part III Types of Data and How to Collect Them Part IV Digital and Internet Data Part V Triangulation and Mixed Methods Part VI Collecting Data in Specific Populations Review: Professor Flick's Handbook offers several pathways to understanding qualitative data -and the appropriate methods - for discovery, exploration, analysis, storage, retrieval, and sharing, as well as working with multiple methods. The materials about cultural contexts, reflexive accounts, and especially the use of electronic documents illuminate the challenges and solutions of more sophisticated qualitative analysis. –David L. Altheide (10/20/2017) The Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection brings together the leading scholars to express the dynamism and creativity which now cut across all disciplines and topics. The major types of qualitative data collection include interviews, focus groups, narratives, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, observations, ethnography, performance and hermeneutics, and videography, with pragmatic ideas about how to conduct each type of data collection. Two major sections discuss and analyze digital data collection, and how to use these data alone of with other forms of qualitative data. The critical issues of induction, generalization, sampling, and triangulation are presented with clarity and elegance. This Handbook will be foundational for years to come. –John M. Johnson (11/08/2017)

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International Advisory Editorial Board Rosaline S. Barbour, Emerita Professor at the Open University, United Kingdom Marie Buscatto, Professor of Sociology, University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France Kerry Chamberlain, Professor at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand Jan K. Coetzee, Senior Professor of Sociology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Amanda Coffey, Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff, United Kingdom Norman Denzin, Professor of Sociology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States Nigel G. Fielding, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Jay Gubrium, Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri, United States Karen Henwood, Professor of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, United Kingdom Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Media Research, LSE, London, United Kingdom Annette N. Markham, Professor at Loyola University, United States, and Aarhus University, Denmark Joseph A. Maxwell, Professor Emeritus in the Graduate School of Education, George Mason University, United States Donna M. Mertens, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Education, Gallaudet University, Washington, United States Michael Murray, Professor of Psychology, Keele University, United Kingdom Hiroshi Oda, Associate Professor Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Jin Sun, Professor at the Institute for International & Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, China Wivian Weller, Professor at Faculdade de Educação Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B 1/I 1 Moh