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This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering hypotheses and grounded theories. The chief methods presented are participant observation, open interviews and biographical case reconstruction. The special advantages of interpretive methods, as against other qualitative methods, are revealed by comparing them to content analysis. Empirical examples show how the methods presented can be implemented in practice, and concrete problems connected with conducting empirical research are discussed. By presenting individual case studies, the author shows how to apply the principle of openness when collecting empirical data, whether through interviews or observations, and she offers rules for analysis based on the principles of reconstruction and sequentiality.

Participant observation.

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This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering hypotheses and grounded theories. The chief methods presented are participant observation, open interviews and biographical case reconstruction. The special advantages of interpretive methods, as against other qualitative methods, are revealed by comparing them to content analysis. Empirical examples show how the methods presented can be implemented in practice, and concrete problems connected with conducting empirical research are discussed. By presenting individual case studies, the author shows how to apply the principle of openness when collecting empirical data, whether through interviews or observations, and she offers rules for analysis based on the principles of reconstruction and sequentiality.

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Dr Grace Spencer discusses her experiences with participatory research, particularly involving children and adolescents. Participatory research often involves giving away control and power over what happens during a study, in order to elicit more authentic data. Spencer addresses issues of power and situated ethics.

Participant observation. --- Research --- Methodology.

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Professor Melanie Nind discusses inclusive data analysis and why people use it. Inclusive data analysis brings academic knowledge and lived knowledge together to enhance research. This is usually done by involving research participants in the analysis stage of the project.

Qualitative research. --- Participant observation.

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Professor Maggie O'Neill discusses participatory research and her research with female sex workers. Participatory studies require researchers to be engaged with the community and develop relationships with the people they are studying. In O'Neill's study, peer researchers interviewed sex workers to gain a sense of their lives and develop better ways to make services available to sex workers.

Prostitutes --- Participant observation. --- Research.