Jamie Harding received his PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.  He has been employed at Northumbria University since 1995, first as a lecturer in Housing Studies and more recently as a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods in the Department of Social Sciences.  Before moving into higher education he worked for a number of social housing organisations.Jamie’s main area of interest is qualitative and quantitative research methods, which he teaches at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level.  He also lectures on criminal justice – an area where he has edited a textbook – and homelessness, a subject on which he has written two monographs.  He is programme leader for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, which is run in partnership with Northumbria Police.Jamie is married with two adult children and two grandchildren.  He enjoys running and was delighted to win the highly prestigious Claremont Road Runners summer club handicap race in 2021.

This is a must-have book for anyone considering qualitative data analysis. It is accessible and coherent and the many interesting examples make the processes of data collection and analysis very clear. The consistent format makes it very user friendly and I will use it to inform my own research as well as with my students.

• STAGE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND PREPARATIONChapter 1 Introduction to qualitative social researchChapter 2 Designing qualitative research: your key questionsChapter 3 Practical issues in qualitative researchSTAGE 2 DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENTChapter 4 Collecting and managing interview dataChapter 5 Collecting and managing focus group dataSTAGE 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONChapter 6 A brief introduction to the analysis of qualitative dataChapter 7 Step one for analysing your interview data - making summaries and comparisonsChapter 8 Step two for analysing your interview data – using codesChapter 9 Step three for analysing your interview data - finding conceptual themes and building theoryChapter 10 Analysing your focus group dataChapter 11 Alternative approaches to analysing qualitative dataSTAGE 4 DISSEMINATIONChapter 12 Writing about your qualitative research

Jamie Harding received his PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.  He has been employed at Northumbria University since 1995, first as a lecturer in Housing Studies and more recently as a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods in the Department of Social Sciences.  Before moving into higher education he worked for a number of social housing organisations.Jamie’s main area of interest is qualitative and quantitative research methods, which he teaches at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level.  He also lectures on criminal justice – an area where he has edited a textbook – and homelessness, a subject on which he has written two monographs.  He is programme leader for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, which is run in partnership with Northumbria Police.Jamie is married with two adult children and two grandchildren.  He enjoys running and was delighted to win the highly prestigious Claremont Road Runners summer club handicap race in 2021.

This is a must-have book for anyone considering qualitative data analysis. It is accessible and coherent and the many interesting examples make the processes of data collection and analysis very clear. The consistent format makes it very user friendly and I will use it to inform my own research as well as with my students.

• STAGE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND PREPARATIONChapter 1 Introduction to qualitative social researchChapter 2 Designing qualitative research: your key questionsChapter 3 Practical issues in qualitative researchSTAGE 2 DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENTChapter 4 Collecting and managing interview dataChapter 5 Collecting and managing focus group dataSTAGE 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONChapter 6 A brief introduction to the analysis of qualitative dataChapter 7 Step one for analysing your interview data - making summaries and comparisonsChapter 8 Step two for analysing your interview data – using codesChapter 9 Step three for analysing your interview data - finding conceptual themes and building theoryChapter 10 Analysing your focus group dataChapter 11 Alternative approaches to analysing qualitative dataSTAGE 4 DISSEMINATIONChapter 12 Writing about your qualitative research

Jamie Harding received his PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.  He has been employed at Northumbria University since 1995, first as a lecturer in Housing Studies and more recently as a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods in the Department of Social Sciences.  Before moving into higher education he worked for a number of social housing organisations.Jamie’s main area of interest is qualitative and quantitative research methods, which he teaches at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level.  He also lectures on criminal justice – an area where he has edited a textbook – and homelessness, a subject on which he has written two monographs.  He is programme leader for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, which is run in partnership with Northumbria Police.Jamie is married with two adult children and two grandchildren.  He enjoys running and was delighted to win the highly prestigious Claremont Road Runners summer club handicap race in 2021.

This is a must-have book for anyone considering qualitative data analysis. It is accessible and coherent and the many interesting examples make the processes of data collection and analysis very clear. The consistent format makes it very user friendly and I will use it to inform my own research as well as with my students.

• STAGE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND PREPARATIONChapter 1 Introduction to qualitative social researchChapter 2 Designing qualitative research: your key questionsChapter 3 Practical issues in qualitative researchSTAGE 2 DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENTChapter 4 Collecting and managing interview dataChapter 5 Collecting and managing focus group dataSTAGE 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONChapter 6 A brief introduction to the analysis of qualitative dataChapter 7 Step one for analysing your interview data - making summaries and comparisonsChapter 8 Step two for analysing your interview data – using codesChapter 9 Step three for analysing your interview data - finding conceptual themes and building theoryChapter 10 Analysing your focus group dataChapter 11 Alternative approaches to analysing qualitative dataSTAGE 4 DISSEMINATIONChapter 12 Writing about your qualitative research