Kahryn Hughes – författare

Designed as a flagship, accessible text that introduces the field of Qualitative Secondary Analysis as it has developed in the past 25 years, the book details how, why and when the range of associated methods would be used and for what advantages for existing knowledge production.Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA) is introduced not as a replacement for primary research, but as an established alternative or addition to the broader repertoire of qualitative research methods. Based on advanced methods training delivered by the authors for the National Centre for Research Methods, and consolidating their existing corpus of work on QSA, the main aim of the book is to address common questions that we receive, including: Should we do QSA, when and why? How do we do QSA? What data are there for QSA and how can we sample from existing datasets? What are the main ethical challenges of doing QSA? This book maps out these challenges and provides researchers with clear guidance on how to make best use of the opportunities for new research offered through QSA. Providing an overview of existing debate and more recent innovations in QSA, they introduce and explain the broad range of methods that can be used to design robust QSA studies, clarifying each of these in terms of their various purposes and defining challenges. Finally, they provide a clear set of analytical strategies that can be used for research using existing qualitative data, which can also be used and applied in primary qualitative research.Through the range of chapters and use of clear examples, this book covers questions from design to analysis to support researchers in using existing data in robust and rigorous research to address contemporary questions and concerns.

Designed as a flagship, accessible text that introduces the field of Qualitative Secondary Analysis as it has developed in the past 25 years, the book details how, why and when the range of associated methods would be used and for what advantages for existing knowledge production.Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA) is introduced not as a replacement for primary research, but as an established alternative or addition to the broader repertoire of qualitative research methods. Based on advanced methods training delivered by the authors for the National Centre for Research Methods, and consolidating their existing corpus of work on QSA, the main aim of the book is to address common questions that we receive, including: Should we do QSA, when and why? How do we do QSA? What data are there for QSA and how can we sample from existing datasets? What are the main ethical challenges of doing QSA? This book maps out these challenges and provides researchers with clear guidance on how to make best use of the opportunities for new research offered through QSA. Providing an overview of existing debate and more recent innovations in QSA, they introduce and explain the broad range of methods that can be used to design robust QSA studies, clarifying each of these in terms of their various purposes and defining challenges. Finally, they provide a clear set of analytical strategies that can be used for research using existing qualitative data, which can also be used and applied in primary qualitative research.Through the range of chapters and use of clear examples, this book covers questions from design to analysis to support researchers in using existing data in robust and rigorous research to address contemporary questions and concerns.

A comprehensive guide to carrying out Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA) that brings together expert advice and professional insight from leading researchers who have developed innovative theories and methods of QSA.

 

Exploring crucial components of research and analysis—such as where to find resources, how to search within a resource, and working with both paper archives and non-textual data—each chapter offers insightful case studies, links to further reading and applied helpful hints and tips to help effectively apply these innovations to further the reader’s own research.

 

A must read for Social Science students, early career researchers and researchers new to the field of QSA, this text will help readers through every aspect of a research process using QSA, from application to implications.

A comprehensive guide to carrying out Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA) that brings together expert advice and professional insight from leading researchers who have developed innovative theories and methods of QSA.

 

Exploring crucial components of research and analysis—such as where to find resources, how to search within a resource, and working with both paper archives and non-textual data—each chapter offers insightful case studies, links to further reading and applied helpful hints and tips to help effectively apply these innovations to further the reader’s own research.

 

A must read for Social Science students, early career researchers and researchers new to the field of QSA, this text will help readers through every aspect of a research process using QSA, from application to implications.

Research rarely goes to plan.Rather than presenting tidy methods and seamless projects, Unexpected Turns in Social Research explores what happens when researchers meet the inherent unpredictability of social life—where setbacks, mistakes, and dilemmas are not failures, but part of every research encounter.Drawing on candid accounts from experienced researchers across a wide range of fields, the book brings together 10 chapter-length reflections and 7 rich case studies. These contributions explore the challenges that actually arise in research practice: ethical dilemmas that surface mid-project, participants who resist expected roles, field sites that shift over time, data that demand theoretical rethinking, and moments that feel risky, uncomfortable, or unsettling.Rather than treating these disruptions as problems to fix or hide, this book shows how they can spark methodological innovation, fresh theoretical insight, and more honest reflection on what researchers really do. Written in a readable and accessible style, Unexpected Turns in Social Research is a current and relevant resource for anyone navigating research that looks far messier than textbook examples — but far closer to reality.

Research rarely goes to plan.Rather than presenting tidy methods and seamless projects, Unexpected Turns in Social Research explores what happens when researchers meet the inherent unpredictability of social life—where setbacks, mistakes, and dilemmas are not failures, but part of every research encounter.Drawing on candid accounts from experienced researchers across a wide range of fields, the book brings together 10 chapter-length reflections and 7 rich case studies. These contributions explore the challenges that actually arise in research practice: ethical dilemmas that surface mid-project, participants who resist expected roles, field sites that shift over time, data that demand theoretical rethinking, and moments that feel risky, uncomfortable, or unsettling.Rather than treating these disruptions as problems to fix or hide, this book shows how they can spark methodological innovation, fresh theoretical insight, and more honest reflection on what researchers really do. Written in a readable and accessible style, Unexpected Turns in Social Research is a current and relevant resource for anyone navigating research that looks far messier than textbook examples — but far closer to reality.

Through qualitative secondary analysis of four linked datasets from research within low-income families over a twenty-year period, Hughes and Tarrant argue that there is much to be gained from examining both men’s accounts of family and poverty across the lifecourse and the accounts of men experiencing family poverty.