Overview

This volume explains what qualitative research can do, when it is sensible to use or commission it, and (most crucially and controversially) how to tell good work from bad. The text is amply illustrated with examples of qualitative health care research studies. Further, the authors share a common ground with quantitative colleagues in rejecting the idea that qualitative research is a kind of creative art form rather than a tool of policy science. Thus their book presents a challenge to fashionable models of qualitative evaluation research, in arguing that qualitative researchers are not poets in residence, but vital partners in the great practical tasks of promoting health and caring for the sick.

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Author:   Elizabeth Murphy ,  Robert Dingwall
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.334kg
ISBN:  

9780202307114

ISBN 10:   0202307115
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   31 August 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: The Contribution of Qualitative Research; 1: Qualitative Research and Policy Science; 2: Three Myths about Qualitative Research; 3: So What Is Different about Qualitative Research?; 2: The Practice of Qualitative Research; 4: Observation, Interaction Analysis, and Documents; 5: Interviews in Qualitative Research; 6: Selection and Sampling in Qualitative Research; 7: The Analysis of Qualitative Data; 8: The Ethics of Qualitative Research; 3: Evaluating Qualitative Research; 9: Judging the Quality of Qualitative Research

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[ Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research ] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology <br><br> Few research projects fulfill all of Murphy and Dingwall's criteria for scientific, qualitative studies, but but they show convincingly that following their advice leads to better research. This book constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Harvard School of Public Health, Brandeis University

[ Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research ] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology Few research projects fulfill all of Murphy and Dingwall's criteria for scientific, qualitative studies, but but they show convincingly that following their advice leads to better research. This book constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Harvard School of Public Health, Brandeis University Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights. --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights. --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction -This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards.- --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology -Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights.- --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction

Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights. </p> --Kathy Charmaz, <em>Symbolic Interaction </em></p>

-Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights.- --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction -This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards.- --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights. --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology This book contains many excellent ideas to enhance qualitative research design and implementation . . . . [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology [Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. --Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology Murphy and Dingwall bring new life to unresolved, persistent arguments about the nature of and standards for qualitative research. . . . Their book provides a nuanced, articulate, and complete statement of this position, one of the best I have seen. The narrative shines with compelling critiques and sparkling insights. --Kathy Charmaz, Symbolic Interaction [ Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research ] constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Contemporary Sociology Few research projects fulfill all of Murphy and Dingwall's criteria for scientific, qualitative studies, but but they show convincingly that following their advice leads to better research. This book constitutes an ideal teaching tool to impress high scientific standards. -Stefan Timmermans, Harvard School of Public Health, Brandeis University

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Elizabeth Murphy is reader in sociology and social policy at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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