Introduction

Qualitative methods has been a growth area in psychology in recent years. The many books introducing psychologists to qualitative research methods include Banister, Burman, Parker, Taylor, and Tindal’s (1994) Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A Research Guide and Richardson’s (1996b) edited BPS Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and the Social Sciences. At the same time, the debate over qualitative methods has continued to rage in the pages of The Psychologist.