Qualitative data analysis : an expanded sourcebook

The latest edition of this best-selling textbook by Miles and Huberman not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback. Bringing the art of qualitative analysis up-to-date, this edition adds hundreds of new techniques, ideas and references developed in the past decade. The increase in the use of computers in qualitative analysis is also reflected in this volume. There is an extensive appendix on criteria to choose from among the currently available analysis packages. Through examples from a host of social science and professional disciplines, **Qualitative Data Analysis** remains the most comprehensive and complete treatment of this topic currently available to scholars and applied researchers. A Practical Sourcebook For Researchers Who Make Use Of Qualitative Data, Presenting The Current State Of The Craft In The Design, Testing, And Use Of Qualitative Analysis Methods. Strong Emphasis Is Placed On Data Displays Matrices And Networks That Go Beyond Ordinary Narrative Text. Each Method Of Data Display And Analysis Is Described And Illustr. Focusing And Bounding The Collection Of Data: The Substantive Start -- Focusing And Bounding The Collection Of Data: Further Design Issues -- Early Steps In Analysis -- Within-case Displays: Exploring And Describing -- Within-case Displays: Explaining And Predicting -- Cross-case Displays: Exploring And Describing -- Cross-case Displays: Ordering And Explaining -- Matrix Displays: Some Rules Of Thumb -- Making Good Sense: Drawing And Verifying Conclusions -- Ethical Issues In Analysis -- Producing Reports -- Concluding Remarks. Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 318-330) And Indexes. The latest edition of this bestselling textbook not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback. Bringing the art of qualitative analysis up-to-date, this edition adds hundreds of new techniques, ideas and references developed in the past decade to the corpus contained in the first.