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Abductive Analysis: Theorizing Qualitative Research
Iddo Tavory
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Description for Abductive Analysis: Theorizing Qualitative Research
Paperback. Provides a new navigational map for constructing empirically based generalizations in qualitative research. The authors outline an accessible way to think about observations, methods, and theories that nurtures theory-formation without locking it into predefined conceptual boxes. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
In Abductive Analysis, Iddo Tavory and Stefan Timmermans provide a new navigational map for constructing empirically based generalizations in qualitative research. They outline an accessible way to think about observations, methods, and theories that nurtures theory-formation without locking it into predefined conceptual boxes. The authors view research as continually moving back and forth between a set of observations and theoretical generalizations. To craft theory is to then pitch one's observations in relation to other potential cases, both within and without one's field. The book provides novel ways to approach the challenges that plague qualitative researchers across the social sciences-how to ... Read more
In Abductive Analysis, Iddo Tavory and Stefan Timmermans provide a new navigational map for constructing empirically based generalizations in qualitative research. They outline an accessible way to think about observations, methods, and theories that nurtures theory-formation without locking it into predefined conceptual boxes. The authors view research as continually moving back and forth between a set of observations and theoretical generalizations. To craft theory is to then pitch one's observations in relation to other potential cases, both within and without one's field. The book provides novel ways to approach the challenges that plague qualitative researchers across the social sciences-how to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226180311
SKU
V9780226180311
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About Iddo Tavory
Iddo Tavory is assistant professor at New York University. Stefan Timmermans is professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Death and coauthor of Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Abductive Analysis: Theorizing Qualitative Research
"This is a well-crafted, beautifully written, and nicely organized book that seeks to take the task of qualitative social science methods-especially ethnographic methods in anthropology and sociology-to new levels of sophistication." (Sharon Kaufman, University of California, San Francisco)"