From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that
will help researchers think more productively about the relation between
theory and data at every stage of their work.
In Data Analysis in Qualitative Research, Iddo Tavory and Stefan
Timmermans provide a how-to guide filled with tricks of the trade for
researchers who hope to take excellent qualitative data and transform it
into powerful scholarship. In their previous book, Abductive Analysis:
Theorizing Qualitative Research, Timmermans and Tavory offered a
toolkit for innovative theorizing in the social sciences. In this
companion, they go one step further to show how to uncover the
surprising revelations that lie waiting in qualitative data--in
sociology and beyond.
In this book, they lay out a series of tools designed to help both
novice and expert scholars see and understand their data in surprising
ways. Timmermans and Tavory show researchers how to "stack the deck" of
qualitative research in favor of locating surprising findings that may
lead to theoretical breakthroughs, whether by engaging with theory,
discussing research strategies, or walking the reader through the
process of coding data. From beginning to end of a research project,
Data Analysis in Qualitative Research helps social scientists pinpoint
the most promising paths to take in their approach.
