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Handling Qualitative Data

A Practical Guide

The third edition of Lyn Richards' best-selling book is the perfect introduction to qualitative research for students and practitioners. Recognizing that for many new researchers dealing with data is the main point of departure, this book helps them to acquire an understanding of the skills and methodological issues that are central to qualitative research. Lyn Richards provides practical guidance on how to handle, reflect on and make sense of rich data, while at the same time showing how a consideration of methods and their philosophical underpinnings informs how we should best handle our data. Detailed sections cover: the processes of making, meeting, sorting, coding, documenting and exploring qualitative data; how to see a study as a whole and write it, and making and justifying claims. Each chapter smoothly integrates software use with discussion of the main challenges that software users are likely to encounter. Novice researchers who use this book will be able to achieve valid and useful outcomes from qualitative analysis, and ensure they do justice to their data. The new edition features: - A fully updated website with expanded examples of ‘Methods in Practice’ showing students and practitioners what qualitative data analysis looks like in real life; researchers reflect back on their project and what they might have done differently. - New critical discussion on the companion website of the contributions of qualitative software and relevance of current software to project tasks. Researchers using different qualitative software packages report how they were used and where there limits were met. - Extended coverage within the text of key topics in qualitative research including ethics, reflexivity, and the relationship between research questions and methodological choices. With examples from a wide range of social science disciplines including Education, Media, Sociology, Psychology and Health, this book is the perfect companion for all those starting out qualitative research.

Selection is always necessary, and by selecting, you impose your interpretation.
Making data is thus highly purposive. Any fool with an audio recorder can record
what people say about something. But a skilled interviewer makes data relevant
for the purposes of the project. And those purposes will change during the project
, as you learn more about what you don't know. Such flexibility is normally not
available to the researcher with large databases. If your data come from the '
writeins' ...

Mindfulness

A Practical Guide

"Tessa Watt offers straightforward advice, case studies, and step-by-step instructions on how a practice centered on moment-by-moment awareness can start you down the road to a happier, more forcused, and stress-free you." -- page [4] of cover.

"Tessa Watt offers straightforward advice, case studies, and step-by-step instructions on how a practice centered on moment-by-moment awareness can start you down the road to a happier, more forcused, and stress-free you." -- page [4] of ...

World Class Performance Through Total Quality

A practical guide to implementation

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) - A COMPETITIVE EDGE In the context of the European and Western manufacturing challenge being set by the 'Far Eastern Machine', it is of critical importance that manufacturing competitiveness is improved in Western companies. The ability to export successfully is becoming even more critical to the economic well-being of developed countries worldwide. The Japanese domination of the motor cycle and domestic consumer markets has had a significant impact on the balance of payments in Western Europe and the USA. All the signs are that Japanese companies are ready and able to enter other markets aggressively, through takeovers, acquisitions and off-shore manufacturing facilities. In Western Europe, the creation of the 'Single Market' in 1992 has provided major opportunities for companies to increase their market share. Unfortunately, many companies in the West have shown an inability to succeed even in their market when faced with tough, well-organized opposition, such as that from the Far East. There is very little time left for Western companies to catch up - the challenge is becoming more fiercely competitive daily. The time to improve competitive edge may be too late for many companies, as the European frontiers are dismantled and the Japanese companies continue to build off-shore plants in Europe. For example, it is a fact that companies are increasingly x PREFACE being forced to achieve world class manufacturing capability in order to compete and, in many cases, survive.

THE ROLES OF THE QUALITY MANAGER AND THE TOTAL QUALITY
MANAGER One of the problems of using the words Total Quality management is
the expectation from Quality professionals that this is in their area of responsibility
. After all, it must be the Quality manager's job to put in Total Quality – who else is
responsible? It is essential to understand that Total Quality has no more or less to
do with the Quality manager than the sales manager, production manager,
commercial ...

Training and Development Competence

A Practical Guide

This text provides practical guidelines on all aspects of training related to NVQs. Making full use of checklists, and with each chapter covering one aspect of the training cycle, the handbook describes all aspects of the trainer's role.

This text provides practical guidelines on all aspects of training related to NVQs. Making full use of checklists, and with each chapter covering one aspect of the training cycle, the handbook describes all aspects of the trainer's role.

Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety, Second Edition

A Practical Guide

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this bestselling guide provides expert information and clear-cut strategies for assessing and treating internalizing problems in school settings. More than 40 specific psychoeducational and psychosocial intervention techniques are detailed, with a focus on approaches that are evidence based, broadly applicable, and easy to implement. Including 26 ready-to-use worksheets, in a large-size format with permission to photocopy, the second edition has been updated throughout to ensure its currency and clinical utility. Coverage of psychiatric medications has been extensively revised with the latest developments and findings. A new chapter addresses prevention-oriented social and emotional learning curricula for the classroom. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.

Effective assessment, classification, and intervention practices, however, require
a more comprehensive understanding of the development, course, and
complications of internalizing problems. In recent years, there has been an
impressive ...

The Accent of Success

A Practical Guide for International Students

With the population of international and immigrant students in the United States on the rise, "The Accent of Success" is a timely complement in helping students adjust to the academic and social environment of American colleges and universities. A first of its kind, "The Accent of Success" is based on psychological theories and research. The authors not only have demonstrated their knowledge of the American system of higher education and opportunities that international students have in the United States, but also have presented anecdotal, empirical, and theoretical evidence of various factors that stand to either impede or facilitate student adjustment and, thus, academic success, all the while making the information accessible to the students on a practical level. "The Accent of Success"offers: Real world perspectives of what international students can expect to experience in their pursuit of higher education in the United States Accurate information related to obtaining visas, entering the United States, and maintaining legal status An effective resource to deal with issues related to cultural adjustment for international students Realistic presentations of important cultural aspects of American life Useful overviews and descriptions of the system of higher education in the United States.

TABLE A.I {Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet, Release date March 9,
1999) CONTINENT 1990 1980 1970 1960 Total 19,767,316 14,079,906
9,619,302 9,738,091 Europe 4,350,403 5,149,572 5,740,891 7,256,311 Asia
4,979,037 ...

Coaching for Performance

A Practical Guide to Growing Your Own Skills

Clear, concise, hands-on, and reader friendly, this is a coaching guide written in a coaching style.

Clear, concise, hands-on, and reader friendly, this is a coaching guide written in a coaching style.

Public Relations

A Practical Guide to the Basics

This straightforward and practical guide takes the reader step-by-step through a PR campaign. It provides a valuable overview of the main areas of work involved, including: ethics and the law; working with photographers; working with printers; working with publishers and the media; working with designers; crisis management; and new developments in technology. This completely updated second edition includes new information on professional advisers, spin doctors, PR in local government and financial PR.

The Institute of Public Relations Code of Professional Conduct (October 2000)
INTRODUCTION The Code of Professional Conduct has been drawn up by the
Institute of Public Relations to set down standards which will, it is hoped, make for
 ...

From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap

A Practical Guide for Executives and Board Members

Whether you are a CEO, CFO, board member, or an IT executive, From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap: A Practical Guide for Executives and Board Members lays out a practical, how-to approach to identifying business strategies and creating value-driven technology roadmaps in your organization. Unlike many other books on the subject, you will not find theories or grandiose ideas here. This book uses numerous examples, illustrations, and case studies to show you how to solve the real-world problems that business executives and technology leaders face on a day-to-day basis. Filled with actionable advice you can use immediately, the authors introduce Agile and the Lean mindset in a manner that the people in your business and technology departments can easily understand. Ideal for executives in both the commercial and nonprofit sectors, it includes two case studies: one about a commercial family business that thrived to become a multi-million-dollar company and the other about a nonprofit association based in New York City that fights against child illiteracy.

While I may not have known it at the time, the ideas expressed in From Business
Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap: A Practical Guide for Executives
and Board Members have been instrumental in the success of my organization.