A Bibliography on Qualitative Data Analysis and Computer Applications

Introductory Readings:

Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis

Introduction to Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis

General Readings:

Qualitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Interviewing

Theory Building

Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis

Hermeneutics

Pictures and Metaphors - Literature on the interpretation of graphic material

Focus Group Research

Ethnography

Special Topics

German Literature

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Introductory Readings

Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis Methods

Bryman, A. and Burgess R.G. (1994). Analyzing Qualitative Data. London: Routledge.

Dey, I. (1993). Qualitative Data Analysis: A User Friendly Guide for Social Scientists. London: Routledge.

Flick, U. (1998). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

Lofland, J. and Lofland, L. H. (1995). Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis (3^rd Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Maykut, P. and Morehouse, R. (1994). Beginning Qualitative Research: A philosophical and practical guide. Falmer Press.

McAllister L. (1998). What constitutes good qualitative research writing in theses and papers? In J. Higgs (Ed.) Writing qualitative research. Sydney: Hampden Press, 217-222.

Schwandt, T. A. (1997). Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms. London: Sage.

Silverman, D. (1997). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice. London: Sage.

Silverman, D. (1993). Interpreting Qualitative Data. Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction. London: Sage.

Strauss, A. L. and Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques, London: Sage.

Richardson, J. T. E. (1996). Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and the Social Sciences. BPS Books, Leicester, UK.

Rossman, G. B. and Rallis, S. F. (1998). Learning in the Field: An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

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Introduction to Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis

Coffey, A. and Atkinson, P. (1996). Making Sense of Qualitative Data: Complementary Research Strategies. London: Sage.

Fielding, N. G. and Lee, R. M. (1998). Computer Analysis and Qualitative Research. New Technology for Social Research Series. London: Sage.

Fielding, N. and Lee R. (1991, 2/e 1993). Using computers in qualitative research. London: Sage.

Kelle, U. (1995). Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage.

Miles, M. and Weitzman, E. (1995). Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage.

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General Readings

Qualitative Data Analysis

Armstrong, David et al. (1997). The place of inter-rater reliability in qualitative research: An empirical study. Sociology, 31 (3), 597-606.

Boyatzis, R. E. (1998). Themantic Analysis: Coding as a process for transforming qualitative information. London: Sage.

Burgess, R. G. (1982). Field Research: A Sourcebook and Field Manual. London: Routledge.

Burgess, R. G. (1984). In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research. London: Routledge.

Coffey, A. and Atkinson, P. (1996). Making Sense of Qualitative Data Analysis: Complementary Strategies. London: Sage.

Creswell, J. W. (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Traditions. London: Sage.

Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln Y. S. (eds.) (1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

Feldman, M. S. (1994). Strategies for Interpreting Qualitative Data. London: Sage.

Gahan, C. and Hannibal M. (1997). Doing Qualitative Research using QRS NUD.IST. London: Sage.

Glaser, B. G. (1992). Emergence vs Forcing: Basics of Grounded TheoryAnalysis. Mill Valley, California, Sociology Press.

Golden-Biddle, K. (1997). Composing Qualitative Research: Crafting Theoretical Points from Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

Janesick, V. J. (1998). Stretching Exercises for Qualitative Researchers. London: Sage.

Kirk, J. and Miller, M. (1986). Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research Method Series, 1. London: Sage.

Lacob, Evelyn (1987). Qualitative Research Traditions. Review of Educational Research, 57 (Spring), 1-50.

Layder, D. (1993). New Strategies in Social Research. Polity Press.

Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R. and Zilber, T. (1998). Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation. London: Sage.

Marshall, C. and Rossman, G. B. (1995). Designing Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

Mason, J. (1996). Qualitative Researching. London: Sage.

Miles, M. and Huberman, M. (1984). Qualitative Data Analysis: A sourcebook of new methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Morse, J. M. (1997). Completing a Qualitative Project: Details and Dialogue. London: Sage.

Patton, M. (1990). Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Ricoeur, P. (1974). The conflict of interpretations. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Riessman, C. (1993). Narrative Analysis. Qualitative Research Methods Series No. 30. London: Sage.

Strauss, A.L. (1987). Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Smith, J. A. (1995). Semi-structured interview and qualitative analysis. In: Smith, J. A., Harre, R. and Langenhove, L. v. (eds.). Rethinking Methods in Psychology, London: Sage, 9-26.

Wertz, F. J. (1983). From everyday to psychological description: Analyzing the moments of qualitative data anaylsis. Journal of Phenomenological Research, 14 (Fall) 197-242.

Wolcott, H. F. (1994). Transforming Qualitative Data: Description, Analysis, and Interpretation. London: Sage.

Wolcott, H. F. (1990). Writing up Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research Method Series, 20. London: Sage.

Wolcott, H. F. (1988). "Problem finding" in qualitative research. In R. M. Jaeger (ed.). Complementary methods for research in education. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 187-249.

The following book contains 3500 titles of books and papers in journals and reviews, in French and English, published worldwide, on any topics of qualitative research, from 1920 until today: "De l'école de Chicago au postmodernisme, trois quarts de siècle de travaux sur la méthodologie qualitative".
The book can be obtained from:
POUPART Jean, LALONDE Michèle et JACCOUD Mylène, Presses Inter Universitaires C.P. 36, Cap-Rouge, Québec G1Y 3C6, CANADA.

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Qualitative Interviewing

Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. London: Sage.

Chirban, J. T. (1996). Interviewing Depth: The interaktive-relational approach. London: Sage.

Kvale, St. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. London: Sage.

Kvale, St. (1983). The Qualitative Research Interview: A phenomenological and a hermeneutic mode of understanding. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 14 (2), 171-196.

McCracken, G. (1988). The Long Interview. Qualitative Research Methods Series No. 13. London: Sage.

Rubin, H. J. and Rubin, I. S. (1995). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data. London: Sage.

Spradley, J. P. (1979). The Ethnographic Interview. New York: Hilt, Rinehart and Winston.

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Theory Building

Padilla, R. (1991). Using Computers to Develop Conceptual Models. Qualitative Sociology, 14(3), 263-74.

Strauss, A. L. and Corbin, J. (1997). Grounded Theory in Practice. London: Sage.

Glaser, B. G. and Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Chicago: Aldine.

Kelle, U. (1997). Capabilities for Theory Building and Hypothesis Testing in Software for Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis. Data Archive Bulletin, 65.

Kelle, U. (1997). Theory Building in Qualitative Research and Computer Programs for the Management of Textual Data. Sociological Research Online, 2(2). http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/2/1/1.html

Ragin, C.C. (1987). The Comparative method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Armstrong, David et al. (1997). The place of inter-rater reliability in qualitative research: An empirical study. Sociology, 31 (3), 597-606.

Bryman, A. (1988). Quantity and Quality in Social Research. London, Unwin Hyman/Routledge.

Fielding, N. G. and Fielding, J. (1986). Linking Data. Qualitative Research Methods series. Vol. 4. London: Sage.

Giele, J. Z. and Elder Jr., G. H. (1998). Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage.

Jick, T. (1983). Mixing qualitative and quantitative methods: Triangulation in action. In:

Maanen, v. (ed). Qualitative Methodology. London: Sage, 153-148.

Flick, U. (1992). Triangulation revisited: Strategy of or alternative to validation of qualitative data. Journal of Theory of Social Behavior, 22, 175-197.

Kirk, J. and Miller, M. (1986). Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research Method Series, 1. London: Sage.

Neuman (1994). Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Allyn and Bacon.

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Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis

Booth, S. (1993). Computer Assisted Analysis in Qualitative Research, Computers in Human Behaviour, 9(2-3), 203-211.

Coffey, A., Holbrook, B. and Atkinson, P. (1996). Qualitative data Analysis: Technologies and Representations. Sociological Research Online, 1(1) http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/1/1/4.html

and comment from:

Lee, R.M. and Fielding, N. (1996). Qualitative data Analysis: Representations of a Technology: A Comment on Coffey, Holbrook and Atkinson. Sociological Research Online, 1(4). http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/1/4/lf.html

Crang, M. A., Hudson, A. C., Reimer, S. M. and Hinchcliffe, S. J. (1997). Software for qualitative research: 1. Prospectus and overview, 2. Some thoughts on 'aiding' . Environment and Planning A, 29, 771-787, 1109 -1124.

Fielding, N. (1994). Getting into computer-aided qualitative data analysis. ESRC Data Archive Bulletin, 57, September. http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/caqdas/getting.htm

Fisher, M. (1997). Qualitative Computing: Using software for Qualitative Data Analysis. Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research Ashgate, Aldershot.

Reid, A. O. (1992). Computer Management Strategies for Text Data. In: B. F.Crabtree and W. L. Miller (eds.) Doing Qualitative Research, Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Richards, T. and Richards, L. (1995). Using Hierarchical Categories in Qualitative Data Analysis'. In: U. Kelle (ed.) Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis, London: Sage.

Richards, L., and Richards, T. (1994). From Filing Cabinet to Computer. In: A. Bryman and R.G. Burgess (eds.) Analyzing Qualitative Data. London: Routledge, 146-172.

Ruckdeschel, R. (1998). Transcribing with Voice Recognition Software: A New Tool for

Qualitative Researchers. Qualitative Health Research, 8 (5), September 1998.

Tesch, R. (1990). Qualitative research: analysis types and software tools. Falmer.

Walker, B. L. (1993). Computer analysis of qualitative data: a comparison of three packages. Qualitative Health Research, 3(1), 1-11.

Weaver, A. and P. Atkinson (1994). Microcomputing and qualitative data analysis. Avebury.

Muhr, T. (1991). Atlas.ti - A prototype for the support of text interpretation. Qualitative Sociology, 14(4), 349-71.

William F. Northey Jr (1997) 'Using QSR NUD*IST to Demonstrate Confirmability in Qualitative Research', Family Science Review, 10, 2, 170-179.

Woods, W. A. (1975). What's in a link: Foundations for Semantic Networks. In: Bobrow and Collins (eds.) Representation and Understanding (pp. 35-82). New York: Academic Press.

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Hermeneutics

Arnold, St. J. and Fischer, E. (1994). Hermeneutics and Consumer Research. Journal of Consumer Research, 21 (June). 55-70.

Gadamer, H. (1976). Philosophical Hermeneutics. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Hekman, Susan J. (1986). Hermeneutics and Social Science Knowledge. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Kvale, St. (1983). The Qualitative Research Interview: A phenomenological and a hermeneutic mode of understanding. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 14 (2), 171-196.

Packer, M. J. (1985). Hermeneutic Inquiry in the Study of Human Conduct.

American Psychologist, 40 (Oktober), 1081-1093.

Ricoeur, P. (1981). Hermeneutics and the Social Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Thompson, C. J., Pollio, H. R. and Locander, W. B. (1994). The spoken and the unspoken: A hermeneutic approach to understanding consumers' expressed meanings. Journal of Consumer Research, 21 (December), 432-453.

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Pictures and Metaphors - Literature on the Interpretation of Graphic Material

Akeret, R. U. (1973). Photoanalysis: How to Interpret the Hidden Psychological Meaning of Personal and Public Photographs.

Ball, M. S. and Smith, G. W. H. (1992). Analyzing Visual Data. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 24. London: Sage.

Collins, E. C., & Green, J. L. (1990). Metaphors: The construction of a perspective. Theory Into Practice, 29(2), 71-77. (The whole issue is on theme of metaphors.)

Edwards, J. L. and Winkler, C. K. (1997). Representative Form and the Visual Ideograph: The Two Jima Image. Editorial Cartoons. In: The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 83, 289-310.

Erickson, T. D. (1990). Working with Interface Metaphors. In B. Laurel (Ed.), The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design (pp. 65-73). New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

Feistein, H. Meaning and Metaphor. It can be purchased by sending $22.00 plus shipping to: Metapress, 5155, Tehachapi Way, Antioch, CA 94509

Harper, D. (1994). On the authority of the image: Visual methods at the crossroads. In: Denzin, N. and Lincoln, Y. S. (eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

Kress, G., van Leeuwen, T. (1996) Reading Images. The Grammar of Visual Design London and New York: Routledge.

Lakoff, G., and Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (an excellent starting point for any work with metaphor and its impact).

Lakogg, G. (1987). Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Michael S. Ball and Gregory W. H. Smith (1992). Analyzing Visual Data. London: Sage. ISBN 0-8039-3435-1. For details: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/books/details/b003148.html

Prosser, John. (1998) Image-based Research. In: A Source Book for Qualitative Researchers London: Falmer.

Scribner, S. (1986). Literacy in three metaphors. In N. Stein (Ed.), Literacy in American Schools: Learning to Read and Write (pp. 7-22). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Focus Group Research

Barbour, R. S. and Kitzinger, J. (1998). Researching with Focus Groups. London: Sage.

Catterall, M and Maclaran. P. (1997). Focus Group Data and Qualitative Analysis Programs: Coding the Moving Picture as well as the Snapshots. Sociological Research online, 2(1). http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/socresonline/2/1/6.html

Greenbaum, T. L. (1998). The Handbook of Focus Group Research, 2. Edition. London: Sage.

Krueger, R. A. (1994). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research. London: Sage.

Merton, R. K. (1987). The focused interview and focus groups: Continuities and discontinuities. Public Opinion Quarterly, 51, 550-556.

Morgan, D. L. and Krueger, R. A. (eds.) (1997). The Focus Group Kit. London: Sage.

Morgan, D. L. (1997). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. 2. Edition. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 16. London: Sage.

Morgan, D. L. (ed.) (1993). Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art. London: Sage.

Vaughn, S., Shay Schumm, J. and Sinagub, J. M. (1996). Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology. London: Sage.

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Ethnography

Agar, M. H. (1986). Speaking of Ethnography. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 1. London: Sage.

Atkinson, P. (1990). The Ethnographic Imagination: Textual Constructions and Reality. London: Routledge.

Atkinson, P. and Hammersley, M. (1994). Ethnography: Principles in Practice. 2. Edition. London: Routledge.

Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Qualitative Research Methods Series, Vol. 44. London: Sage.

Borman, K. M., LeCompte, M. and Goetz, J. P. (1986). Ethnographic Research and Qualitative Research Design and Why is Doesn't Work. American Behavioral Scientist, 30, 42-57.

Erickson, K. C. & Stull, D. D. (1998) Doing Team Ethnography: Warnings and advice. (Qualitative Research Methods Series, Volume 42). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Fetterman, D. M. (1998). Ethnography: Step by Step. London: Sage.

Grills, S. (1998). Doing Ethnographic Research: Fieldwork Settings. London: Sage.

Hammersley, M. (1991). What's wrong with Ethnography? London: Routledge.

Jessor, R., Colby, A. and Shweder, R. A. (1996). Ethnography and Human Development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Rose, D. (1990). Living the Ethnographic Life. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 23. London: Sage.

Steward, A. (1998). The Ethnographer's Method. Qualitative Research Methods Series, Vol. 46. London: Sage.

Spradley, J. P. (1979). The Ethnographic Interview. New York: Hilt, Rinehart and Winston.

Thomas, J. (1993). Doing Critical Ethnography. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 26. London: Sage.

Wolcott, H. F. (1990). Making a study "more ethnographic". Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 19(1), 44-72.

Wolcott, H. F. (1982). Differing style of on-site research. Or, "If it isn't ethnography, what is it?" Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 7(1, 2), 154-169.

Wolcott, H. F. (1981). Home and away: Personal contrasts in ethnographic style. In D. A. Messerschmidt (ed.). Anthropologists at home in North America: Methods and Issues in the Study of one's own society. New York: Cambridge University Press, 255-265.

Wolcott, H. F. (1973/1984). The Man in the Principle's Office: An Ethnography. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winson. [Reissued with a new Preface 1984 by Waveland, Prospect Heights, IL).

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Special Topics

Case Studies

Hamel, J., Dufour, St. and Fortin, D. (1993). Case Study Methods. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 32. London: Sage.

Stanze, R. E. (1995). The art of case study research. London: Sage.

Consumer Research

Anderson, P. F. (1986). On Method in Consumer Research: A critical relativist perspective. Journal of Consumer Research, 13 (September), 155-173.

Arnold, St. J. and Fischer, E. (1994). Hermeneutics and Consumer Research. Journal of Consumer Research, 21 (June). 55-70.

Hirschman, E. C. and Holbrook, M. B. (1992). Postmodern Consumer Research: The study of consumption as text. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, published in cooperation with the Association for Consumer Research.

Holbrook, M. B. (1995). Consumer Research: Introspective Essays on the study of consumption. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Holt, D. B. (1991). Rashomon visits consumer behavior: An Interpretive Critique of Naturalistic Inquiry. Advances in Consumer Research. Vol. 18, eds. Rebecca H. Holman and Michael R. Solomon, Provo: UT, Association for Consumer Research, 57-62.

Thompson, C. J., Pollio, H. R. and Locander, W. B. (1994). The spoken and the unspoken: A hermeneutic approach to understanding consumers' expressed meanings. Journal of Consumer Research, 21 (December), 432-453.

Thompson, C. J. , Locander, W. B. and Pollio, H. R. (1989). Putting Consumer Experience back into consumer research: The philosophy and method of extential-phenomenology. Journal of Consumer Research, 16 (September), 133-147.

Wells, W. D. (1993). Discovery-oriented consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 19 (March), 489-504.

Life Story Research / Narrative Approaches

Berteaux, D. (Ed). (1981). Biography and History: The life story approach in social sciences. Newbury Park, Sage.

Bruner, A. (1988). Life as Narrative. Social Research, 54, 11-32.

------------ (1991). The narrative construction of reality. Critical Inquiry, 18, 1-21.

Czarniawska, B. (1998). A Narrative Approach to Organizational Studies. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 43. London: Sage.

Giele, J. Z. and Glenn, H. E. Jr. (1998). Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage.

Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R. and Zilber, T. (1998). Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation. London: Sage.

Mishler, E. G. (1986). The analysis of interview narratives. In: Sarbin, T. R. (ed.) Narrative Psychology. New York: Praeger, 233-255.

Organizational Studies / Work / Management Research

Czarniawska, B. (1998). A Narrative Approach to Organizational Studies. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 43. London: Sage.

Garfinkel, H. (1996). Ethnomethodological Studies of Work. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Gummesson, Evert. (1991). Qualitative Methods in Management Research. London: Sage.

Jones, M. O. (1996). Studying Organizational Symbolism: What, How, Why? Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 40. London: Sage.

Lee, T. W. (1998). Using Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research. London: Sage.

Mitchell, M. M. (1998). Employing Qualitative Methods in the Private Sector. Qualitative Research Method Series. Volume 45. London: Sage.

Symon, G. and Cassel, C. (1998). Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide. London: Sage.

Team Research

Liggett, A.M., Glesne, C.E., Johnston, A.P., Hasazi, S.B., & Schattman, R.A. (1994) Teaming in qualitative research: lessons learned. Qualitative Studies in Education, 7 (1) , 77-88.

Sprokkereef, A., Lakin, E., Pole, C. J., & Burgess, R. G. (1995). The data, the team, and the Ethnograph. In R. G. Burgess (Ed.), Computing and Qualitative Research (Vol. 5, pp. 81-104). Greenwich: Jai Press, Inc.

Richards, L. (1995). Transition Work! Reflections on a three-year Nud*Ist project. In R. G. Burgess (Ed.), Computing and Qualitative Research (Vol. 5, pp. 105-140). Greenwich: Jai Press, Inc.

MacQueen, K.M., McLellan, E., Kay, K., Milstein, B. (1999). Codebook Development for Team-Based Qualitative Analysis. In Cultural Anthropology Methods 10(2) : 31 - 36 or http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/software/pubs/codebook.pdf

Other Fields

Altheide, D. L. (1996). Qualitative Media Analysis. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 38. London: Sage.

Fine, G. A. and Sandstrom, K. L. (1988). Knowing Children: Participant Observations with Minors. Qualitative Research Methods series, Vol. 15. London: Sage.

Graue, M. E. and Walsh, D. J. (1998). Researching Children in Context: Theories, Methods, and Ethics. London: Sage.

Padgett, D. K. (1998). Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research: Challenges and Rewards. London: Sage.

Ribbens, J. (1997). Feminist Dilemmas in Qualitative Research: Public Knowledge and Private Lives. London: Sage.