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Qualitative research is a burgeoning field which has attracted a growing amount of self-reflection Reflecting the growth of interest among qualitative researchers in the nature of their craft, this collection extends the value of the critically acclaimed First Edition of Qualitative Research, edited by Alan Bryman and Robert G Burgess by emphasizing key issues that demand the attention of qualitative researchers It explores with topics that have come increasingly tthe fore in the years since the publication Qualitative Research in 1999 Thus, topics such as visual research, biographical method, narrative analysis, computer-assisted qualitative data analysis, and reflexivity that have become more prominent over the last five years are given the greater attention they increasingly warrant Volume I covers issues tdwith the collection of data, including sampling While covering traditional topics, such as ethnography and qualitative interviewing, it will reflect the greater diversity of approaches tdata collection that has arisen since the last set, such as visual ethnography, qualitative evaluation, biographical approaches, and new developments in qualitative interviewing Volume II addresses matters concerned with quality criteria in relation tqualitative research Volume III deals with issues of representation and generalization and as such covers topics tdwith the issue of realism and how and whether it is possible tprovide a definitive representation of social reality Volume IV contains selections relating qualitative data analysis It includes discussions of the main approaches tqualitative data analysis (including discourse analysis and conversation analysis) and reflects the growing interest in and importance attached tcomputer-assisted qualitative data analysis
