In addition, there is a chapter on the teaching of qualitative analysis and the giving of useful advice during research consultations, and there is a discussion of the preparation of material for publication. The difficulties that beginners encounter when doing qualitative analysis and the kinds of persistent questions they raise are also discussed, as is the problem of how to integrate analyses. Many of the procedural discussions are concluded with rules of thumb that can usefully guide the researchers' analytic operations.

The reader is provided with the tools for doing qualitative analysis, such as codes, memos, memo sequences, theoretical sampling and comparative analysis, and diagrams, all of which are abundantly illustrated by actual examples drawn from the author's own varied qualitative research and research consultations, as well as from his research seminars. The special emphasis of the book is on how to develop theory through qualitative analysis. This handbook is designed to remedy that and to present students and researchers with a systematic method for interpreting qualitative data', whether derived from interviews, field notes, or documentary materials.

Abstract: The teaching of qualitative analysis in the social sciences is rarely undertaken in a structured way.

Metaphors we live by by george lakoff