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Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project
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Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project

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March 2012 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
'Thanks to this new book, psychology students now have a trustworthy and practical guide that takes them through all stages of qualitative research with rich examples and different paradigmatic perspectives.'

Svend Brinkmann, Aalborg University, Denmark

'A well thought-out, accessible and engaging guide to conducting qualitative research projects. This is a must-read for any student beginning the qualitative journey.'

Abigail Locke, University of Huddersfield, UK

This book is for students who are embarking on a qualitative research project in psychology or a related discipline. While focusing mainly on undergraduate dissertations, this book will also be useful for postgraduate students. It takes you through planning a qualitative project, stage by stage, addressing key issues and concerns along the way. The focus throughout is on how to make your project excellent!

 

Packed full of examples from student projects to help you to put theory into practice, the book guides you through:

 

• designing your research

• ethical considerations

• collecting your data

• analysing your data

• writing your report or dissertation.

 

In addition, the book will help you with time management and working with your supervisor, as well as providing guidance on how you can use your project as the basis for publication or further study.

Cath Sullivan, Stephen Gibson and Sarah Riley
Introduction and Aims of the Book
Kathryn Kinmond
Coming up with a Research Question
Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Planning and Ethics
Sarah C.E Riley and Nigel King
Managing the Project
Michael Forrester
Doing a Literature Review
Siobhan Hugh-Jones and Stephen Gibson
Collecting Your Data
Stephen Gibson and Siobhan Hugh-Jones
Analysing Your Data
Nollaig Frost and Kathryn Kinmond
Evaluating Qualitative Research
Sarah C.E Riley
Writing up a Qualitative Project
Cath Sullivan
What Next?
Stephen Gibson, Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Overview and Conclusions: Be a Scholar

A very useful text. Clear and comprehensive. This is much needed. There are many other texts on research methods, but few on conducting and writing up student projects using qualitative methods.

Helen Gregory
Psychology (Francis Close Hall), Gloucestershire University
September 19, 2013

A good introductory text, especially for those new to qualitative methods. The text and arrangement of material is very clear. The broad-based approach helps students to decide on the most appropriate approach to their research question. Overall, a really nice book!

Dr Sunjeev Kamboj
Research Department of Clinical, Eductional and Health Psychology, University College London
September 14, 2013

I felt that whilst the content is helpful, it perhaps does not meet our postgrad students' needs as well as a number of other more comprehensive - and so often longer - texts.

However, I do agree that it is likely to be a good source of guidance early on in the qualitiative journey.

Dr Richard Parker
Education, communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University
August 30, 2013

Useful for all students, but particularly those using qualitative research methods for their final year dissertation

Dr Julia Robertson
Deptartment of Psychology, Bucks New University
August 5, 2013

Clearly structured and compactly written. Perfect also for novices.

Ms Elizabeth San Miguel
Business Administration , HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Scie
April 23, 2013

This is a clearly written well structured book that can guide students on the research journey. Specifically I found the chapters that develop critical thinking in the student with regard to their own work and the work of others very helpful as a starting point.

Ms Jo Cruywagen
Department of Psychology, Roehampton University
February 13, 2013

This is a very good book that can be used by undergraduates and postgraduates. It's written in an accessible and clear way. The chapter on evaluating qualitative research is particularly useful.

Ms Jenna Condie
Psychology , Salford University
November 21, 2012

Very useful book and I recommend it highly to our students. I cannot insist on adoption as we have an e-book deal with another publisher which provides all our students with texts, one of which is on qualitative methods in psychology.

This book covers all the essential detail and is presented very well with the range of boxed material. It is also very clearly written and would cater for a range of levels.

Dr Timothy Auburn
School of Psychology, Plymouth University
October 4, 2012

A very useful text for undergraduates and MSc students which leads the student through each stage of the process of completing a qualitative research project

Dr Deborah Chinn
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
August 22, 2012

Extremely useful for my dissertation students, though this isn't attached to a particular class. I do recommend it, however, to any students who are doing a dissertation using qualitative methods.

Dr Sally Wiggins
Department of Psychology, Strathclyde University
August 17, 2012

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