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Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project
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Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project

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April 2012 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This book is for students who are about to embark on a qualitative research project as part of their psychology degree. While there are a number of books on qualitative psychological research, this book is unique as it leads you step-by-step through the process of doing your project and writing your dissertation. The focus throughout is on how to make your project excellent!

The book focuses on the steps involved in completing a qualitative dissertation and on the decisions that you'll need to make as you go along. The book will lead you through:

  • Designing your project
  • Ethical considerations
  • Collecting your data
  • Analyzing your data
  • Writing your dissertation

In addition, the book will help you with time management working with your supervisor, as well as provide guidance on how you can use your projects as the basis for publication or further study.


Cath Sullivan, Stephen Gibson and Sarah Riley
Introduction and Aims of the Book
Kathryn Kinmond
Coming up with a Research Question
Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Planning and Ethics
Sarah C.E Riley and Nigel King
Managing the Project
Michael Forrester
Doing a Literature Review
Siobhan Hugh-Jones and Stephen Gibson
Collecting Your Data
Stephen Gibson and Siobhan Hugh-Jones
Analysing Your Data
Nollaig Frost and Kathryn Kinmond
Evaluating Qualitative Research
Sarah C.E Riley
Writing up a Qualitative Project
Cath Sullivan
What Next?
Stephen Gibson, Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley
Overview and Conclusions: Be a Scholar

Useful for all students, but particularly those using qualitative research methods for their final year dissertation

Dr Julia Robertson
Deptartment of Psychology, Bucks New University
August 5, 2013

Clearly structured and compactly written. Perfect also for novices.

Ms Elizabeth San Miguel
Business Administration , HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Scie
April 23, 2013

This is a clearly written well structured book that can guide students on the research journey. Specifically I found the chapters that develop critical thinking in the student with regard to their own work and the work of others very helpful as a starting point.

Ms Jo Cruywagen
Department of Psychology, Roehampton University
February 13, 2013

This is a very good book that can be used by undergraduates and postgraduates. It's written in an accessible and clear way. The chapter on evaluating qualitative research is particularly useful.

Ms Jenna Condie
Psychology , Salford University
November 21, 2012

Very useful book and I recommend it highly to our students. I cannot insist on adoption as we have an e-book deal with another publisher which provides all our students with texts, one of which is on qualitative methods in psychology.

This book covers all the essential detail and is presented very well with the range of boxed material. It is also very clearly written and would cater for a range of levels.

Dr Timothy Auburn
School of Psychology, Plymouth University
October 4, 2012

A very useful text for undergraduates and MSc students which leads the student through each stage of the process of completing a qualitative research project

Dr Deborah Chinn
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
August 22, 2012

Extremely useful for my dissertation students, though this isn't attached to a particular class. I do recommend it, however, to any students who are doing a dissertation using qualitative methods.

Dr Sally Wiggins
Department of Psychology, Strathclyde University
August 17, 2012

A very useful text, pitched perfectly for undergraduate students conducting a qualitative research project. It takes the student through from identifying a research question to evaluating their data.

Dr Laura Soulsby
Department of Psychology, Liverpool University
June 25, 2012

This is an excellent textbook which any student embarking on a qualitative research project would be foolish not to purchase! It fills a gap in the market and is very informative and easy to read. It will certainly make my project supervision easier!

Ms Margaret Watkin
Dept of Interdisciplinary Studies, Manchester Metropolitan Univ (Crewe)
June 9, 2012

This book is perfect for our module as it covers the whole process students need to think through for their projects.

Ms Liz Cunningham
School of Applied Social Science, Brighton University
June 8, 2012

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter Two