Qualitative research has now established itself beyond the original disciplines like sociology, anthropology and education in fields such as nursing, medicine, social work, psychology, information science and political sciences. As qualitative research has expanded, so have the number of different methods and approaches for data collection.
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection is thus a timely overview of the methodological developments available to social science researchers. Through contributions from internationally leading scholars in the field, the handbook offers a state of the art look at:
- Concepts, Contexts, Basics
- Verbal, Ethnographic, and Material Data
- Digital and Internet Data
- Triangulation and Mixed Methods
- Collecting Data in Specific Populations