The writing of this second edition has brought me (Corbin) both joy and sorrow. Joy, in that
reader response to the first book was so positive that we were asked to write a second
edition. Sorrow, in that my co-author, Anselm Strauss, died before the book was finished.
This edition is a tribute to Anselm's lifelong devotion to research and his desire to share his
methods with others. For Anselm, the analytic procedures and techniques contained in this
book were more than just a way of doing research. They were a way of life. Although Anselm …

Offering immensely practical advice, Basics of Qualitative Research, Fourth Edition presents
methods that enable researchers to analyze, interpret, and make sense of their data, and
ultimately build theory from it. Authors Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss (late of the
University of San Francisco and co-creator of grounded theory) walk readers step-by-step
through the research process—from the formation of the research question through several
approaches to coding, analysis, and reporting. Packed with definitions and illustrative …