Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook, 4th Edition (Paperback, SAGE)

Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook, Fourth Edition, by Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman, and Johnny Saldaña is the SAGE Publications paperback that graduate students and researchers use to code, condense, display, and draw conclusions from qualitative data.

Miles and Huberman’s original sourcebook set the pattern for rigorous qualitative analysis: data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. Johnny Saldaña, author of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, carried the book forward and added new visual display models. The fourth edition keeps the matrix and network displays the book is known for and substantially revises five chapters, with an updated annotated bibliography of research methods titles.

What's included

• Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook, Fourth Edition, paperback
• Coverage of research design, data condensation, matrix and network displays, and drawing and verifying conclusions
• New visual display models and added graphics for qualitative inquiry
• Five substantially revised chapters and an updated annotated bibliography
• Publisher: SAGE Publications

Who it's for

Master’s and doctoral students writing a qualitative or mixed-methods thesis, faculty teaching research methods in education, nursing, social work, psychology, and sociology, and applied researchers in program evaluation who need defensible, well-displayed analysis. It is often paired with Saldaña’s Coding Manual.

Why this edition

The fourth edition is the current one and is the version most methods courses and dissertation committees cite. Its emphasis on displays, thinking in matrices and networks rather than prose alone, is what makes it different from other qualitative texts. The paperback is the standard student format.

Frequently asked questions

Is Qualitative Data Analysis 4th Edition the latest?

Yes. The fourth edition is the current edition of the Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña sourcebook from SAGE.

Does this book teach coding?

It covers coding as part of data condensation. For a deeper treatment of coding methods, it pairs with Saldaña’s The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers.

Which disciplines use this book?

Education, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, public health, and management programs all assign it for qualitative methods.

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