Wordcraft : applied qualitative data analysis (QDA): tools for public and voluntary social services

Wordcraft: Applied Qualitative Data Analysis: Tools for Public and Voluntary Social Services is a practical text that helps students and social service personnel better evaluate agency programmes through the use of various qualitative documents which most agencies currently have readily available. In order to fully evaluate an agency programme, qualitative and quantitative methods should be considered. Agencies have a wealth of data in narrative and textual format which also must be evaluated in order to gain a complete picture of the agency's performance. These documents include case intake forms, exit summaries, social histories, case progress notes, and more. This book aims to provide a straight forward guide to performing meaningful qualitative analysis, in a step-by-step approach. The second half of the book contains actual case illustrations of the various methods with actual published articles from SAGE journals. Each case will contain margin notes, introductory remarks, and a complete discussion following the case. INDICE: Introduction / PART I: THEORY AND PRACTICE / Introduction to Part I / Welcome to the 'Terminological Jungle' With Figures / Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) With Figures / Qualitative Data Analysis: By Computer or by Hand? With Figures / A Written Model of QDA, With Figures / Applying the QDA Model: Coding, Memoing, Concept Mapping, andTheme Development, With Figures / Case Illustrations: Intensive Interviewing / Case Illustrations: Participant Observation / Case Illustrations: Focus Groups / Case Illustrations: Mixed Strategies of Data Collection / Glossary / Appendix: Selected Samples of Professional Codes of Ethics / About the Author

• ISBN: 978-1-4129-6762-4
• Editorial: Sage Publications
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés