Successful Qualitative Research
A Practical Guide for Beginners
- Virginia Braun - University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Victoria Clarke - University of the West of England, UK
*Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award (DPA) from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)*
Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners is an accessible, practical textbook. It sidesteps detailed theoretical discussion in favor of providing a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and skills for starting and completing successful qualitative research.
Uniquely, the authors provide a "patterns framework" to qualitative data analysis in this book, also known as "thematic analysis." The authors walk students through a basic thematic approach, and compare and contrast this with other approaches. This discussion of commonalities, explaining why and when each method should be used, and in the context of looking at patterns, will provide students with complete confidence for their qualitative research journey.
This textbook will be an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates taking a course in qualitative research or using qualitative approaches in a research project.
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This book is brilliant. Whilst it says on the cover this is for beginners, it's for everyone. Accessible to the novice and thought provoking for the more experienced. This is an essential book for quals researchers!
A lively and accessible introduction to qualitative research, with lots of useful online resources for students.
This is a very well written text, but, unlike its title, it is not 'just' a practical guide, and it goes far beyond 'beginner' level. Braun and Clarke have written extensively in the past about thematic analysis and very good coverage of that is included here, as is material on interviews, focus groups and quality criteria. Much of the material is of course available in other textbooks, but this brings things together in a way that is accessible for both those new to research and those already engaged in qual research.
A great resource for introducing a variety of methods and practical advice on applying them.
This is an excellent introduction to qualitative research. Many of my students have told me how useful they have found this text, particularly the sections on the advantages and disadvantages of various research methods.
A very easy to grasp step by step guide for students engaging in qualitative research. Even though, it's written in a comprehensible language it does have very strong theoretical approach. A must for any student at any level
Guide students through research design, methodology and methods to ensure that the Golden Thread is present when linking to the researchers ontology and epistemology. Clear and useful text.
A good introduction to Qualitative data collection and analysis
hugely useful book for MSc students
For years I have been recommending Braun and Clarke´s
paper "Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology" to students-with good results. Now with their book "Successful Qualitative Research" learning and teaching qualitative methods has become much more comfortable. The authors have written a highly practical book with many exercises, e.g., on their great accompanying website. But Braun and Clarke also introduce very differentiated a philosophy of qualitative methods and they do all so enthusiastic, that the reader is positively infected.
