Qualitative research : analyzing life / Johnny Saldaña, Arizona State University, Matt Omasta, Utah State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: analyzing life -- Analyzing field sites -- Analyzing documents, artifacts, and visual materials -- Analyzing interviews : preparing, conducting, and transcribing -- Analyzing interviews : condensing and coding -- Analyzing qualitative methodologies -- Analyzing qualitative research design -- Analyzing research ethics -- Analytic synthesis : condensing, patterning, and unifying -- Analytic synthesis : understanding, interpreting, and theorizing -- Analytic write-ups -- Analytic presentations -- Closure : leading an analytic life -- Appendix: Three representative articles in qualitative research.

"Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life presents a fresh approach to teaching and learning qualitative methods for social inquiry--one that focuses on analysis from the very beginning of the text. By exploring qualitative research through a unique analytic lens, then cumulatively elaborating on methods in each successive chapter, this innovative work cultivates a skill set and literacy base that prepares readers to work strategically with empirical materials in their own fieldwork. Renowned authors Johnny Saldaña and Matt Omasta combine clear, accessible writing and analytic insight to show that analysis, in its broadest sense, is a process undertaken throughout the entire research experience"--The publisher.