Description
At the beginning of writing a thesis, many questions arise, for example:
• How do I know that I have formulated a relevant research problem?
• Have I chosen the right empirical method?
• Are interviews or observations appropriate?
• How should I structure my text to get my point across in the best way?
• What exactly is a theory?
• How can the quality of my work be assessed?
Crafting Your Thesis is a broad and accessible handbook in qualitative methods that gives you clear and concise answers to these questions – and many more. The book can be used both in introductory university courses, where you as a student encounter questions of method for perhaps the first time, and right up to Master’s thesis level, where it gives a quick overview of different available qualitative methods and highlights questions that must be dealt with when crafting the thesis.
Table of Contents
Preface to the English edition 1. Introduction Part 1: Method 2. Why method? 3. What is qualitative method? 4. What is theory? 5. What is data? Part 2: Writing 6. What is a thesis? 7. What is a problem? 8. What is a reference? 9. What is a scientific language? 10. What is write-work? Part 3: Fieldwork 11. What is sampling? 12. What is triangulation and crystallization? 13. What is a case study? 14. What is an interview? 15. What is a focus group? 16. What is an observation? 17. What is ethnography? Part 4: At the desk 18. What is an analysis? 19. What is critique? 20. What is quality? 21. Conclusion 22. Further reading
