The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis

The wide range of approaches to data analysis in qualitative research can seem daunting even for experienced researchers. This handbook is the first to provide a state-of-the art overview of the whole field of QDA; from general analytic strategies used in qualitative research, to approaches specific to particular types of qualitative data, including talk, text, sounds, images and virtual data. The handbook includes chapters on traditional analytic strategies such as grounded theory, content analysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology and narrative analysis, as well as coverage of newer trends like mixed methods, reanalysis and meta-analysis. Practical aspects such as sampling, transcription, working collaboratively, writing and implementation are given close attention, as are theory and theorization, reflexivity, and ethics. Written by a team of experts in qualitative research from around the world, this handbook is an essential compendium for all qualitative researchers and students across the social sciences.

PART ONE: MAPPING THE FIELD Mapping the Field - Uwe Flick PART TWO: CONCEPTS, CONTEXTS, BASICS - Uwe Flick Notes Toward a Theory of Qualitative Data Analysis - Joseph A Maxwell and Margaret Chmiel Analytic Inspiration in Ethnographic Fieldwork - Jaber F Gubrium and Jim A Holstein Sampling Strategies in Qualitative Research - Tim Rapley Transcription as a Crucial Step of Data Analysis - Sabine Kowal and Daniel C O'Connell Collaborative Analysis of Qualitative Data - Flora Cornish, Alex Gillespie and Tania Zittoun Qualitative Comparative Practices: Dimensions, Cases, and Strategies - Monika Palmberger and Andre Gingrich Reflexivity and the Practice of Qualitative Research - Tim May and Beth Perry Induction, Deduction, Abduction - Jo Reichertz Interpretation and Analysis - Carla Willig PART THREE: ANALYTIC STRATEGIES Grounded Theory and Theoretical Coding - Robert Thornberg and Kathy Charmaz Qualitative Content Analysis - Margit Schreier Phenomenology as a Research Method - Thomas S Eberle Narrative Analysis: The Constructionist Approach - Cigdem Esin, Mastoureh Fathi and Corinne Squire Documentary Method - Ralf Bohnsack Hermeneutics and Objective Hermeneutics - Andreas Wernet Cultural Studies - Rainer Winter Netnographic Analysis: Understanding Culture through Social Media Data - Robert V Kozinets Pierre-Yann Dolbec and Amanda Earley Using software in Qualitative Analysis - Graham R Gibbs PART FOUR: TYPES OF DATA AND THEIR ANALYSIS Analyzing Interviews - Kathryn Roulston Analyzing Focus Groups - Rosaline S Barbour Conversations and Conversation Analysis - Merran Toerien Discourses and Discourse Analysis - Carla Willig Analyzing Observations - Amir B Marvasti Analyzing Documents - Amanda Coffey Analyzing News Media - Darrin Hodgetts and Kerry Chamberlain Analyzing Images - Marcus Banks Analysis of Film - Lothar Mikos Analyzing Sounds - Christoph Maeder Video Analysis and Videography - Hubert Knoblauch, René Tuma and Bernt Schnettler Analyzing Virtual Data - Winfried Marotzki, Jens Holze and Dan Verständig PART FIVE: USING AND ASSESSING QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS Reanalysis of Qualitative Data - David Wästerfors, Malin Åkerström and Katarina Jacobsson Qualitative Meta-analysis - Ladislav Timulak Quality of Data Analysis - Rosaline S Barbour Ethical Use of Qualitative Data and Findings - Donna M Mertens Analytic Integration in Qualitative-Driven (QUAL) Mixed- and Multiple-Method Designs - Janice M Morse and Lory J Maddox Generalization in and from Qualitative Analysis - Joseph Maxwell and Margaret Chmiel Theorization from Data - Udo Kelle Writing and/as Analysis or Performing the World - Norman K Denzin Implementation: Putting Analyses into Practice - Michael Murray