Strategies for Interpreting Qualitative Data [Paperback]

Martha S Feldman's invaluable text outlines four key strategies for interpreting qualitative data: ethnomethodology, semiotics, dramaturgy and deconstruction. The author examines the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy and identifies when to use them. To demonstrate, she applies the techniques of each method to a single data set, highlighting the differences in results.

Martha S Feldman's invaluable text outlines four key strategies for interpreting qualitative data: ethnomethodology, semiotics, dramaturgy and deconstruction. The author examines the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy and identifies when to use them. To demonstrate, she applies the techniques of each method to a single data set, highlighting the differences in results.

This book goes into great detail to illustrate with examples analysis and interpretation strategies for interpreting data from a very personal perspective. As such, the examples really help to illustrate to the reader how powerful these strategies are, and serve as an assistant to wider methodology and analysis texts in this field.An excellent text which I will be recommending to students, although it is feeling a little tired after 17 years.Introduction
Ethnomethodology
Semiotic Analysis
Dramaturgical Analysis
Deconstruction
Conclusion