Thisnew edition of Uwe Flick`s bestselling textbook, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, has been fully revised, expanded and updated.In this classic text, Uwe Flick provides students with a step-by-step guide through the research process, covering all of the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, and providing unmatched coverage of all the different qualitative methods and approaches now available to researchers.New features have been added to the new edition including: -A revised structure to better meet the needs of teaching qualitative research - A new chapter on Grounded Theory plus updated coverage on the full range of other qualitative methods - A summary section discussing the state-of-the-art in qualitative research - A glossary - Updated cases studies, exercises and guided questionsThe Fourth edition of this bestselling text is more accessible and navigable for readers and will continue to ensure that An Introduction to Qualitative Research remains an essential introductory text for all students of qualitative research.Table of ContentsI: FRAMEWORKGuide to This BookQualitative Research: Why and How to Do ItQualitative and Quantitative ResearchEthics of Qualitative ResearchII: FROM THEORY TO TEXTMaking Use of the Literature in Qualitative ResearchTheoretical Positions Underlying Qualitative ResearchEpistemological Background: Construction and Understanding of TextsIII: RESEARCH DESIGNThe Qualitative Research ProcessResearch QuestionsEntering the FieldSamplingHow to Design Qualitative Research: An OverviewIV: VERBAL DATAInterviewsNarrativesFocus Groups Verbal Data: An OverviewV: OBSERVATION AND MEDIATED DATAObservation and EthnographyVisual Data: Photography, Film, and VideoUsing Documents as DataQualitative Online Research: Using the InternetObservation and Mediated Data: An OverviewVI: FROM TEXT TO THEORYDocumentation of DataCoding and CategorizingAnalyzing Conversation, Discourse, and GenresNarrative and Hermeneutic AnalysisUsing Computers in Qualitative AnalysisText Interpretation: An OverviewVII: GROUNDING AND WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCHQuality Criteria in Qualitative ResearchThe Quality of Qualitative Research: Beyond CriteriaWriting Qualitative ResearchVIII: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATION AND OUTLOOKQualitative Research At Work I: Grounded TheoryQualitative Research At Work II: TriangulationQualitative Research: State of the Art and the FutureGlossaryReferencesAuthor indexSubject index