Sage Publications Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory

The Second Edition of this bestselling textbook continues to offer the immensely practical advice and technical expertise that will aid researchers in analyzing and interpreting their collected data, and ultimately to build theory from it. The authors provide a step-by-step guide to the research act. Full of definitions and illustrative examples, the book presents criteria for evaluating a study, as well as responses to common questions posed by students of qualitative research. `No neophyte qualitative researcher should be let loose to amass mountains of data without first reading this book from cover to cover! It is a superbly well-written, straightforward and informative text.... And who better to learn from than Anselm Strauss?′ - Nursing Standard