Doing Qualitative Research: The Craft of Naturalistic Inquiry - Softcover

'Throughout, the authors present an efficient synthesis of concepts and theoretical notions and innovative views of the qualitative research practice in easy-to-understand jargon-light language. Therefore, the book goes a long way in shaping a readable introductory text on qualitative research.' - Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini & Mahdieh Noori, Educational Action Research, Volume 26, 2018[-] [-]'Doing Qualitative Research is an important book for students at various stages and with various levels of experience conducting social science research and for instructors who want the insights not only of how-to manuals but also of critical reflections on research processes.' - Lucia Trimbur, City University of New York in Contemporary Sociology, 46, 2017[-] [-]'The stylistic accessibility, the refusal to build upon assumed or expected knowledge of the readers and the synthetic approach to each stage of social research [...] make it highly recommendable for teaching purposes.' - Qualitative Research, 2016[-] [-]'An admirable book. Recommended for anyone who wants to learn about the craft of qualitative research' - Dr. Gerben Moerman in Sociologie, 2016[-] [-]'This book deserves special attention among the plethora of books that are available for methods teaching (...)' - Jan Kees van Donge in The British Journal of Sociology, 2016[-] [-]'The book became a plea for naturalistic research because we live in a time when it is needed. (...) This type of small-scale inquiry goes against the current trend of analysing huge datasets. (...) You cannot fathom patterns in large data sets without naturalistic research.' - Joost Beuving in NRC, 2015 (interview) [-] [-]'One of the best methodological treatments in contemporary social science literature. It is the type of book that students will remember as the text that moved them to serious study. I am a flat out admirer of this book.' - Michael Lewis, University of Massachusetts, 2015[-] [-]'Beuving en De Vries wrote a masterful textbook about qualitative research that will hopefully be widely used in education.' - translated from Ren Gabri ls in Sociologie Magazine, 2015[-][-][-][-][-][-]

qualitative methods; naturalistic inquiry; grounded theory; sociology; anthropology; educational science