Analyzing Qualitative Data: Systematic Approaches by H. Russell Bernard (English

Description: Analyzing Qualitative Data by H. Russell Bernard, Amber Y. Wutich, Gery W. Ryan Pairing each data collection technique with the appropriate analytic method, this book provides readers with information on doing qualitative collection and analysis, and guides them on selecting among the complete variety of qualitative techniques. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The fully updated Second Edition presents systematic methods for analyzing qualitative data with clear and easy-to-understand steps. Real examples drawn from social science and health literature along with carefully crafted, hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter allow readers to master key techniques and apply them to their own disciplines. Author Biography H. Russell Bernard is Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus at the University of Florida. He served as editor of the American Anthropologist and Human Organization. He is co-founder (with Pertti Pelto and Stephen Borgatti) of the Cultural Anthropology Methods journal (1989), which became Field Methods in 1999. The five editions of his methods text Research Methods in Anthropology (AltaMira 2006) and his general research methods text Social Research Methods (Sage 2012), have been used by tens of thousands of students. Bernard co-founded (with Pelto) and co-directed (with Pelto and Borgatti) the National Science Foundation′s Institute on Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology and has done fieldwork in Greece, Mexico, and the U.S.A. His publications include (with JesÚs Salinas Pedraza) Native Ethnography: A Otomí Indian Describes His Culture (Sage, 1989). Bernard is known as well for his work, with Peter Killworth, Eugene Johnsen, Christopher McCarty, and Gene A. Shelley, on network analysis, including work on the network scale-up method for estimating hard-to-count populations. In 2010, Bernard was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.Gery Ryan (Ph. D., University of Florida, 1995) is a Senior Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Policy Analysis. Ryans research focuses on social factors in mental and physical health, and includes studies on HIV/AIDS, depression, serious mental illness, childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory illnesses, obesity and complementary and alternative medicine. He has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa on health-related issues and helped redesign and implement a large-scale education reform in Qatar. As a methodologist, Ryan has published widely on the application of systematic methods to qualitative research. Over the last 20 years, he has run workshops sponsored by NSF, NIH, CDC and WHO on qualitative research methods and has taught these methods at UCLA, Pardee RAND, and the University of Missouri. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Text: Qualitative Data AnalysisIntroduction: What Is Qualitative Data Analysis?What Are Data and What Makes Them Qualitative?About Numbers and WordsResearch GoalsKinds of Qualitative DataKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryFurther ReadingChapter 2: Choosing a Topic and Searching the LiteratureIntroductionExploratory and Confirmatory ResearchFour Questions to Ask About Research QuestionsThe Role of Theory in Social ResearchChoosing a Research QuestionThe Literature SearchDatabases for Searching the LiteratureKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 3: Research Design I: SamplingIntroductionTwo Kinds of SamplesKinds of Nonprobability SamplesKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 4: Research Design II: Collecting DataIntroductionData Collection MethodsIndirect ObservationDirect ObservationElicitation MethodsAccuracyEliciting Cultural DomainsMixed MethodsChoosing a Data Collection StrategyKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 5: Finding ThemesIntroductionWhats a Theme?Where Do Themes Come From?Eight Observational Techniques: Things to Look forFour Manipulative Techniques: Ways to Process TextsSelecting Among TechniquesAnd Finally...Key Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 6: Codebooks and CodingIntroductionThree Kinds of CodesBuilding CodebooksUsing Existing CodesCodebooks Continue to DevelopHierarchical Organization of CodebooksApplying Theme Codes to TextThe Mechanics of Marking TextMultiple CodersThe Content of CodebooksDescribing Themes: Blooms Study of AIDSFinding Typical Segments of TextKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 7: Introduction to Data AnalysisIntroduction: What Is analysis?Database ManagementData MatricesProximity MatricesKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 8: Conceptual ModelsIntroductionStatistical Models and Text AnalysisBuilding ModelsStep 1: Identifying Key ConceptsStep 2: Linking Key ConstructsStep 3: Testing the ModelKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 9: Comparing Attributes of VariablesIntroductionFundamental Features of ComparisonsLevels of MeasurementConverting Text to Variable DataLevels of AggregationMany Types of ComparisonsComparing the ColumnsAnd Finally...Key Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 10: Grounded TheoryIntroduction: On Induction and DeductionOverview of Grounded TheoryA GT Project: Schlaus Study of Adjustment to Becoming Deaf as an AdultVisualizing Grounded TheoriesKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 11: Content AnalysisIntroductionHistory of Content AnalysisDoing Content AnalysisIntercoder ReliabilityA Real Example of Using Kappa: Carey et al.s StudyCross-Cultural Content Analysis: HRAFAutomated Content Analysis: Content DictionariesKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 12: Schema AnalysisIntroductionHistory of Schema AnalysisMental ModelsKinds of SchemasMethods for Studying SchemasFolk Theories: Kemptons Study of Home ThermostatsKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 13: Narrative AnalysisIntroductionSociolinguisticsHermeneuticsPhenomenologySteps in a Phenomenological StudyKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 14: Discourse Analysis II: Conversation and PerformanceIntroductionGrammar Beyond the SentenceConversation AnalysisTranscriptionsTaking Turns in a JuryPerformance Analysis: EthnopoeticsLanguage in UseCritical Discourse Analysis: Language and PowerKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 15: Analytic Induction and Qualitative Comparative AnalysisIntroductionInduction and Deduction—AgainAnalytic InductionQualitative Comparative Analysis—QCAAnd Finally...Key Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 16: Ethnographic Decision ModelsIntroductionHow to Build EDMsKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 17: KWIC Analysis and Word CountsIntroductionKWIC—Key Word in ContextAn Example of KWICWord CountsWords and MatricesPersonal AdsDescribing ChildrenWord Counts Are Only a StartKey Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 18: Cultural Domain AnalysisIntroductionWhat Are Cultural Domains?Free ListsPlotting Free ListsAnalyzing Free List DataPile SortsAnalyzing Pile Sort Data: MDSFolk TaxonomiesHow to Make a Taxonomy: Lists and FramesAnd Finally...Key Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingChapter 19: Semantic Network AnalysisIntroductionConverting Texts Into Similarity MatricesJang and Barnetts Study of CEO LettersNolan and Ryans Study of Horror FilmsSome Cautions About All ThisSemantic Network Analysis of ThemesAnd Finally...Key Concepts in This ChapterSummaryExercisesFurther ReadingAppendix Details ISBN148334438X Author Gery W. Ryan Short Title ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA Language English ISBN-10 148334438X ISBN-13 9781483344386 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Edition 2nd Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Subtitle Systematic Approaches Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780761924906 Birth 1940 DEWEY 001.42 Pages 576 Illustrations illustrations Publication Date 2016-09-16 UK Release Date 2016-09-16 NZ Release Date 2016-09-16 US Release Date 2016-09-16 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2016-09-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134687729;

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