Qualitative Research ─ Analyzing Life

Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life by Johnny Saldana is an introductory research methods textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It describes and explains the established canon of qualitative methods for social inquiry (e.g., research design, interviewing, participant observation), prepares and guides the reader through initial fieldwork experiences, and demonstrates how analysis, in its broadest sense, is a process undertaken throughout the research experience from beginning to closure. What makes this book unique is its focus on analysis from the beginning, cultivating within students a skill set and literacy base so that, when actual data collection and analysis occur in their own fieldwork projects, they are better prepared to work strategically with their empirical materials.