SAGE - Student and Instructor Site for Qualitative Methodology

Authors: Jane Mills and Melanie Birks

Pub Date: January 2014

Pages: 288

Book Home

Welcome to the companion website for Qualitative Methodology: A Practical Guide by Jane Mills and Melanie Birks.

About the Book

Fresh, insightful and clear, this exciting textbook provides an engaging introduction to the application of qualitative methodology in the real world.

Expert researchers then trace the history and philosophical underpinnings of different methodologies, explore the specific demands each places upon the researcher and robustly set out relevant issues surrounding quality and rigor. Featured methodologies include action research, discourse analysis, ethnography, grounded theory, case studies and narrative inquiry.

This practical book provides a helpful guide to the research process - it introduces the relevant methods of generating, collecting and analysing data for each discrete methodology and then looks at best practice for presenting findings. This enables new researchers to compare qualitative methods and to confidently select the approach most appropriate for their own research projects.

Key features include:

Summary table for each chapter - allowing quick checks to test knowledge
'Window into' sections - real world examples showing each methodology in action
Student activities
Learning objectives
Full glossary
Annotated suggestions for further reading
Links to downloadable SAGE articles
Links to relevant websites and organizations

This is an invaluable resource for students and researchers across the social sciences and a must-have guide for those embarking on a research project.

Instructor Resources

This site is password protected

Please read the information to your right. To access the site, click on the sign in button on the right hand side.

The section of the companion website contains resources which are available free of charge to lecturers who adopt Qualitative Methodology: A Practical Guide.

The following material is available for lecturers:

PowerPoint slides
Testbank of Multiple Choice Questions

Student Resources

This website offers a range of free learning resources for students, including:

Glossary Flashcards
Video Links
SAGE Journal Articles
Checklists
Activities & Puzzles

First-time Users

Many of the materials on the instructor site, are only available to Faculty and Administrative Staff at Higher Education Institutions who have been approved to request Review Copies by SAGE.

To create an account, please click here. In order to be approved, you must provide your institution and the course that you are or will be teaching. Once you have created an account and you have been validated as a faculty member, you will be able to access the instructor site.

Please note: Validation usually takes approximately 24-48 hours to be completed.

If you have any questions, please contact SAGE Customer Service at +44 (0) 20 7 324 8500 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Returning Users

If you already have an account with SAGE, log in using the email address and password created when registering with SAGE.