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Crowley-Henry, Marian; Dolan, Paddy; Donnelly, Paul; Freeman, Olivia; Hogan, John; Horan, Conor; O'Rourke, Brendan |
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<p>Crowley-Henry, M., Dolan, P., Donnelly, P., Freeman, O., Hogan, J., Horan, C. and O'Rourke, B. (2009) ‘Qualitative Methodology Discussion’, in J. Hogan, P. Dolan and P. Donnelly (eds) <em>Approaches to Qualitative Research: Theory and Its Practical Application</em>, pp. 261-82. Cork: Oak Tree Press.</p> <p>This chapter presents a discussion on the nature of qualitative research. In it, a number of contributors to the book sit down for a general roundtable discussion on qualitative methodologies. Here they express their thinking in relation to a range of questions on qualitative methodologies put to them by the moderator, one of the editors of the volume. The objective of the chapter is to provide readers with an insight into a free flowing discussion amongst academics on the nature of qualitative research. This takes the readers outside of the carefully structured arguments of the authors, as set out in their various chapters, and presents t...
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