Managing Quality in Qualitative Research (Qualitative Research Kit) [Paperback]

Uwe Flick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761949828 | ISBN-13: 978-0761949824 | Publication Date: April 1, 2008

The issue of quality in qualitative research is one that is often neglected. In Managing Quality in Qualitative Research attention is given to the fundamental question of how to define and assess the quality of research. Uwe Flick examines how to distinguish good research from bad research when it comes to teaching, planning, evaluating and publishing qualitative research.

Editorial Reviews

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'This book offers an overview of how quality can be infused into the process, thereby enhancing the value of the results. Both professional technical communicators and academics will benefit from this book' - Technical Communication

About the Author

Uwe Flick is trained as a psychologist and sociologist. He is Professor of Qualitative Research at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was Adjunct Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John's, Canada and has been a Lecturer at the Free University of Berlin in Research Methodology, a Reader and Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Berlin in Qualitative Methods and Evaluation; and Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Sociology at the Hannover Medical School. He has held visiting appointments at the London School of Economics, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, at Cambridge University (UK), Memorial University of St. John's (Canada), University of Lisbon (Portugal), University of Vienna (Austria), in Italy and Sweden, and at the School of Psychology at Massey University, Auckland (NZ). His main research interests are qualitative methods, health and homelessness, sleep problems in nursing homes and social representations in the fields of individual and public health,. He is author of An Introduction to Qualitative Research – Fourth Edition (London: Sage 2009), Designing Qualitative Research (London: Sage 2008) and Managing Quality in Qualitative Research (London: Sage 2008) and editor of The SAGE Qualitative Research Kit (London: Sage 2007), A Companion to Qualitative Research (London: Sage 2004), and of Psychology of the Social (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998).

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761949828
• ISBN-13: 978-0761949824
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,509,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)