Doing Qualitative Research 7/e

David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations and HIV-test counselling. He is the author of Interpreting Qualitative Data (Seventh Edition, 2024) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (Second Edition, 2013). He is also the editor of Qualitative Research (Sixth Edition, 2026) and the Sage series, Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for research students and faculty at universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Now retired from full-time work, David aims to watch one hundred days of cricket a year. He also enjoys voluntary work in an old people's home where he sings with residents with dementia and strokes.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: How To Use This Book Chapter 2: What You Can (and Can't) Do with Qualitative Research Chapter 3: Focusing a Research Project PART 2: STARTING OUT AND PROJECT FOUNDATIONS Chapter 4: Formulating a Research Question Chapter 5: Ethical Research Chapter 6: Research Design Chapter 7: Using Theories Chapter 8: Choosing a Methodology Chapter 9: Writing a Research Proposal PART 3: GETTING SUPPORT Chapter 10: Making Good Use of Your Supervisor Chapter 11: Getting Feedback PART 4: COLLECTING AND ANALYSING DATA Chapter 12: How much data do you need? Chapter 13: Collecting Your Data Chapter 14: Developing Data Analysis Chapter 15: Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: An Introduction Chapter 16: Quality in Qualitative Research Chapter 17: Effective Qualitative Research PART 5: WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCH Chapter 18: What Counts as 'Originality'?: From Plagiarism to ChatGPT Chapter 19: Audiences Chapter 20: The First Few Pages Chapter 21: Your Literature Review Chapter Chapter 22: The Methodology Chapter Chapter 23: Writing Your Data Chapters Chapter 24: Your Concluding Chapter PART 6: THE AFTERMATH Chapter 25: Managing an Oral Examination Chapter 26: Getting Published