Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study of doctoral work

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1442-1452

  Li, Sarah ^a,b   Seale, Clive ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pedagogy; PhD supervision; Qualitative data analysis; Research methods; Social research

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CODING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; CREATIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; TEACHING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 36249029870     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307306924     Document Type: Article

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