First edition published 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 How To Use This Book -- 2 What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Qualitative Research -- Focusing a Research Project -- 4 Ethical Research -- 5 What Counts as ‘Originality’? -- 6 Research Design -- 7 Using Theories -- 8 Formulating a Research Question -- 9 Choosing a Methodology -- 10 Writing a Research Proposal -- 11 Making Good Use of Your Supervisor -- 12 Getting Feedback -- 13 How many cases do you need? -- 14 Collecting Your Data -- 15 Developing Data Analysis -- 16 Using Computers to Analyse Qualitative Data -- 17 Quality in Qualitative Research -- 18 Evaluating Qualitative Research -- 19 Effective Qualitative Research -- 20 Audiences -- 21 The First Few Pages -- 22 The Literature Review Chapter -- 23 The Methodology Chapter -- 24 The Data Chapters -- 25 The Concluding Chapter -- 26 Surviving an Oral Examination -- Getting Published.

Accessible, practical, and packed with indispensable advice, this bestselling textbook is the perfect hands-on guide for any student embarking on their own research. With expert advice from the author and real-life experiences from students, this book shows you how to go from the ideas of research to the practicalities of designing, conducting, and writing about your research yourself. What’s new in this edition: Fully interactive digital field guide including video tutorials and real data to practice with. An improved structure that takes you step-by-step form start to finish. An overview and practical guidance on mixed methods and working with different kinds of data.