ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses several forms of qualitative data analysis. Subsequent chapters focus more specifically on content analysis and grounded theory. We deal here with different approaches to qualitative data analysis, including:

data analysis, thick description and reflexivityOO ethics in qualitative data analysisOO computer assisted qualitative data analysis OO (CAQDAS)

This chapter sets the scene for more in-depth considerations of different ways of analysing data in Chapters 29 to 33.