Why method? -- What is qualitative method? -- What is theory? -- What is data? -- What is a thesis? -- What is a problem? -- What is a reference? -- What is a scientific language? -- What is write-work? -- What is sampling? -- What is triangulation and crystallization? -- What is a case study? -- What is an interview? -- What is a focus group? -- What is an observation? -- What is ethnography? -- What is an analysis? -- What is critique? -- What is quality?

At the beginning of writing a thesis, many questions arise, for example: How do I know that I have formulated a relevant research problem? Have I chosen the right empirical method? Are interviews or observations appropriate? How should I structure my text to get my point across in the best way? What exactly is a theory? How can the quality of my work be assessed? Crafting Your Thesis is a broad and accessible handbook in qualitative methods that gives you clear and concise answers to these questions - and many more. The book can be used both in introductory university courses, where you as a student encounter questions of method for perhaps the first time, andright up to Master's thesis level, where it gives a quick overview of different available qualitative methods and highlights questions that must be dealt with when crafting the thesis.

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