Introductory Qualitative Research in Psychology by Carla Willig: A Book Review

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In their evaluation of Carla Willig's book, Introductory Qualitative Research in Psychology (2nd ed.), the writers of this paper founded that the skills that readers will learn from this book will help them to write a good research project and confidently use qualitative research methods. It goes beyond only instructing students on how to carry out qualitative academic research. It can also be modified for a variety of assignments that students will run into in their academic lives. The second edition of Carla Willig's book Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology from 2008 gives beginning researchers a firm grounding in the theories that underpin qualitative research, the epistemology that guides qualitative research, and the use of six qualitative methodologies in psychology research. <strong>BOOK WRITER BIOGRAPHY: </strong> Psychology professor Carla Willig teaches at City University of London. She has written several articles about the philosophy and application of qualitative research methods. She co-edited the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology and is the author of Qualitative Interpretation and Analysis in Psychology.

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