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A sophisticated and nuanced text this is an important and helpful book

This is an excellent book, we would rather use it for a research focused course which we currently do not have. We will consider this text if we can add a course specifically for research.

This is a really strong and thought provoking book. It challenges some basic assumptions of everyday research but also of core concepts such as culture or causation.

A very useful text for those interested in developing a deeper understanding of the realist approach to research.

I already had Joseph’s Maxwell’s Qualitative Research Design and was expecting some overlap – which there was but this is inevitable. The focus on critical realism was a useful adjunct for my own research and I would have no hesitation in recommending this to students also interested in taking a critical realism approach to qualitative research projects. If they already had some experience of Qualitative design I’d say go straight for this one. It stands well on its own.

This is an excellent introduction to qualitative data analysis from a critical realist perspective. It might be slightly above the level of some students undertaking Masters level dissertations, but it is certainly an excellent resource for PhD students thinking of utilising the critical realist approach.

Didn't fit with course objectives but I am referring some students to it as a supplementary text.

This is an excellent text for research students who are using this methodology or want to read further around this type of qualitative method

I didn't find the author's central thesis all that helpful.

The text provided a clear account of the critical realist approach that I found very accessible.

A companion text to existing course book. Very accessible.

This is a very useful text which offers and interesting addition to any research skills module. The realist approach is an easy concept for students to grasp

A bit too specific for an introductory course

useful supporting text to accompany research methods teaching in HE

Very easy to read text bringing together philosophy and practice of qualitative research.

Just what I was looking for in my PhD!

Used with my doctoral candidates

This is a book that I am recommending to doctoral students who are conducting qualitative studies.

This is a good undergraduate introduction to the realist position, which has good examples that students should find useful. Worth a read also for those just interested in research methodology and philosophy.

A book that can help the most seasoned research deal with fundamental issues in qualitative inquiry.