Malcolm Carey

This book provides a practical guide to the completion of a small-scale qualitative research project or dissertation. It covers the process of beginning and developing a research problem or question, defining your objectives and undertaking empirical or literature-based research that involves data collection, analysis, writing up and dissemination. The book also highlights and details potential obstacles, essential techniques and methods, types of theory and methodology used, and presents case studies and ongoing debates involved in qualitative social work research. It suggests ways by which sometimes difficult processes (such as the literature review) can be made easier to complete. An easily accessible guidebook to qualitative research methods for social work students and practitioners as well as being of interest to tutors who teach research methods to social work students or supervise dissertations.
Available as an ebook: http://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b1501023~S11… (plus d'informations)