The volume provides actual examples based on the authors' own work, including tow published pieces in the appendix, so that readers can follow examples for each step of the process, from the project's inception to its finished product. The volume also includes an appendix explaining how to implement these data analysis procedures using NVIVO, a qualitative data analysis program.;Part I: Getting into qualitative research -- 1. Introducing qualitative hypothesis-generating research: the Yeshiva University fatherhood project -- Part II: Planning your first research study -- 2. Designing hypothesis-generating research: the Haitian fathers study -- 3. Qualitative and quantitative research as complementary strategies -- Part III: Analyzing your first research study -- 4. Coding 1: the basic ideas -- 5. Coding 2: the mechanics, phase 1: making the text manageable -- 6. Coding 2: the mechanics, phase 2: hearing what was said -- 7. Coding 2: the mechanics, phase 3: developing theory -- 8. Convincing other people: the issues formerly known as reliability, validity, and generalizability -- Part IV: Designing and analyzing your next research study -- 9. Designing your next study using theoretical sampling: the promise keeper fathers -- 10. Analyzing your next study using elaborative coding: the promise keeper fathers -- Part V: Final thoughts -- 11. The "why" of qualitative research: a personal view.;Qualitative Data is meant for the novice researcher who needs guidance on what specifically to do when faced with a sea of information. It takes readers through the qualitative research progress, beginning with an examination of the basic philosophy of qualitative research, and ending with planning and carrying out a qualitative research study. It provides an explicit, step-by-step procedure that will take the researcher from the raw text of interview data through data analysis and theory construction to the creation of a publishable work.