Alan Bryman is Professor of Social Research, Loughborough University, and Robert G.Burgess is Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick.

The last decade has witnessed considerable growth in the development of qualitative
research. Most methodological development has been concerned with data
collection. As a consequence, texts, readers and monographs remain relatively
silent on the conduct of data analysis, yet this is an area on which most researchers
require some guidance.
This collection brings together a range of distinguished contributors who have
worked with qualitative data. Among the examples provided are accounts of
ethnographers, case study workers, lone researchers, team-based investigators and
those who use specialist approaches including discourse analysis.
Together they demonstrate that a range of approaches are involved in qualitative
data analysis, and suggest different ways in which qualitative data can be handled
to overcome problems with these data.
The book will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates
following research courses and conducting empirical studies, as well as for those
coming to qualitative research for the first time.