Doing Qualitative Research

by David Silverman

Accessible, practical, and packed with indispensable advice, this bestselling textbook is the perfect hands-on guide for any student embarking on their own research. With expert advice from the author and real-life experiences from students, this book shows you how to go from the ideas of research to the practicalities of designing, conducting, and writing about your research yourself.

What's new in this edition:

- Fully interactive digital field guide including video tutorials and real data to practice with

- An improved structure that takes you step-by-step form start to finish

- An overview and practical guidance on mixed methods and working with different kinds of data

Loaded with David's tips for success and dynamic digital resources, this book secures its place as the 'take this everywhere' textbook that supports students both in the classroom and in the field.

Genres: Research, Research Methods, Nonfiction, Sociology, Reference, Science, Qualitative Research

590 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 1999

About the author

David Silverman is Visiting Professor in the Business School, University of Technology, Sydney. He has lived in London for most of his life, where he attended Christ's College Finchley and did a BSc (Economics) at the London School of Economics in the 1960s. Afterwards, he went to the USA for graduate work, obtaining an MA in the Sociology Department, University of California, Los Angeles. He returned to LSE to write a PhD on organization theory. This was published as The Theory of Organizations in 1970.

He pioneered and taught MA in Qualitative Research at Goldsmiths in 1985. Since becoming Emeritus Professor in 1999, he has continued publishing methodology books.

His main teaching career was at Goldsmiths College. His three major research projects were on decision making in the Personnel Department of the Greater London Council (Organizational Work, written with Jill Jones, 1975), paediatric outpatient clinics (Communication and Medical Practice, 1987) and HIV-test counselling (Discourses of Counselling, 1997).

Reviews

[Said AlMaskery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, but a little bit out of date.

[David Eastborne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good practical guide for starting out with qualitative research

[Pang Khong Yun · Rating 5 out of 5]

A general guide for qualitative research, lack comprehensive in research design.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thoroughly readable guide for students on setting up a qualitative research project. Gives good, useful, practical advice while also helping to build an understanding of why things are so.

[Abrar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for those who are using qualitative approach in their methodology.