Making Sense of Qualitative Data : Complementary Research Strategies

Preface and Acknowledgments ix Varieties of Data and Varieties of Analysis 1(25) Setting the Scene 1(3) Varieties of Perspective 4(6) Why We Wrote This Book 10(6) About Our Data 16(6) About the Book 22(2) Suggestions for Further Reading 24(2) Concepts and Coding 26(28) Linking Concepts and Data 26(6) The Coding Process 32(13) Beyond Coding and Toward Interpretation 45(6) Conclusion 51(1) Suggestions for Further Reading 52(2) Narratives and Stories 54(29) Collecting and Analyzing Stories 54(3) Formal Narrative Analysis 57(5) Narrative Forms and Functions 62(13) Success Stories and Moral Tales 63(5) Narrative as Chronicle 68(7) Ethnopoetics, Oral Performance, and Voice 75(5) Conclusion 80(1) Suggestions for Further Reading 81(2) Meanings and Metaphors 83(25) Meaningful Data 83(2) Metaphors 85(4) Domain Analysis 89(3) ``Fieldwork'': A Domain Analysis 92(7) Where Is Fieldwork? 93(1) When Is Fieldwork? 94(2) What Is Fieldwork Like? 96(2) What Are the ``Products'' of Fieldwork? 98(1) Accounts 99(6) Conclusion 105(1) Suggestions for Further Reading 106(2) Writing and Representation 108(31) Analyzing and Writing 108(2) Analyzing and Reading 110(2) Units of Narrative, Levels of Generality 112(6) Audiences and Readers 118(3) Alternative Literary Forms 121(10) Visual Representations 131(6) Conclusion 137(1) Suggestions for Further Reading 138(1) Beyond the Data 139(26) Analyzing and Theorizing 139(7) Anthropology Revisited 146(7) Theorizing and Generalizing 153(9) Conclusion 162(2) Suggestions for Further Reading 164(1) Complementary Strategies of Computer-Aided Analysis 165(24) Using Computers 165(3) Creating and Managing Data 168(2) Coding and Retreving Data 170(2) Language, Meaning, and Narrative 172(5) Theory Building Hypothesis Testing 177(4) Hypertext and Hypermedia 181(6) Conclusion 187(1) Suggestions for Further Reading 188(1) Coda 189(6) References 195(8) Index 203(3) About the Authors 206