"Uncertainty" represents a wide variety of types of imperfect information. When working with uncertainties the author argues in favour of creating qualitative versions of existing methods and choosing the one that fits best.
In this book Simon Parsons describes qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty, "uncertainty" being a catch-all term for various types of imperfect information. The advantage of qualitative methods is that they do not require precise numerical information. Instead, the…
In this book Simon Parsons describes qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty, "uncertainty" being a catch-all term for various types of imperfect information. The advantage of qualitative methods is that they do not require precise numerical information. Instead, the…
This work focuses on the task of collecting, analysing and interpreting qualitative materials using document analysis, interviews, computers and visual materials.
This text introduces the researcher to basic methods of gathering, analyzing and interpreting qualitative empirical materials. Part 1 moves from narrative inquiry, to critical arts-based inquiry, to oral history, observations, visual methodologies, and autoethnographic methods. …