Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists

This book is a handbook of sorts for the better understanding of social phenomena through a particular style of qualitative analysis of data (grounded theory). That mode of doing analysis is only one of many used in qualitative research. It is designed especially for generating and testing theory. Although its originators and principal users to date are sociologists, it has been found useful by social scientists from other disciplines, as well as researchers in education, public health, social work, and nursing — found useful because it is a general style of doing analysis that does not depend on particular disciplinary perspectives.