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Qualitative research methods in psychology: Introduction through empirical studies

Qualitative research methods in psychology: Introduction through empirical studies Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 38 (2007) 100–154 151 Fischer, C. T. ( 2006). Qualitative research methods in psychology: Introduction through empirical studies . Boston: Academic Press, 461 pp. Reviewed by Larry Davidson, Yale University Connie Fischer is to be congratulated, and thanked, for producing such a useful and accessible volume on the use of qualitative research methods in psychology. Based on her almost forty years of experience teaching students about qualitative research and supervising qualitative dissertations, she has developed a keen under- standing of the kinds of concerns, questions, and attitudes newcomers often bring to the enterprise of learning how to use qualitative methods. She has brought this understanding together in her introduction to the volume, and been guided by it in her selection of investigators and chapters to be included. What results is a volume that is unique in my own twenty years of experience of and familiarity with qualitative research, which is an extremely reader-friendly, accessible, and engaging book which both explains and illustrates some of the basic components of qualitative research to people who are assumed to know nothing about the approach (i.e., the average student). Th e care with which she http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Qualitative research methods in psychology: Introduction through empirical studies

Davidson, Larry
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 38 (1): 151 – Jan 1, 2007
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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 38 (2007) 100–154 151 Fischer, C. T. ( 2006). Qualitative research methods in psychology: Introduction through empirical studies . Boston: Academic Press, 461 pp. Reviewed by Larry Davidson, Yale University Connie Fischer is to be congratulated, and thanked, for producing such a useful and accessible volume on the use of qualitative research methods in psychology. Based on her almost forty years of experience teaching students about qualitative research and supervising qualitative dissertations, she has developed a keen under- standing of the kinds of concerns, questions, and attitudes newcomers often bring to the enterprise of learning how to use qualitative methods. She has brought this understanding together in her introduction to the volume, and been guided by it in her selection of investigators and chapters to be included. What results is a volume that is unique in my own twenty years of experience of and familiarity with qualitative research, which is an extremely reader-friendly, accessible, and engaging book which both explains and illustrates some of the basic components of qualitative research to people who are assumed to know nothing about the approach (i.e., the average student). Th e care with which she

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