Constructing Composite Narratives: A Step-By-Step Guide for Researchers in the Social Sciences

Composite narrative research methods are a powerful tool for social science researchers to present their findings succinctly and effectively. This book provides a complete guide for writing composite narratives, with examples and audit trails to evidence their construction from raw qualitative research data. It is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 98 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Composite narrative research methods are a powerful tool for researchers to convey meaning to both academics and end-users. This book provides the first instructional guide to composite narrative research methods, which are short vignettes that weave together quotes from multiple participants. The effect is to disseminate research findings succinctly and effectively. Readers interested in writing composite narratives will find a complete guide in this book.

The rationale for using composite narratives is explained in the book, along with a complete guide for how to write them. Many examples from the author are provided, complete with audit trails that evidence how the composite narratives were written from the raw qualitative research data. Social science researchers at all career stages will be able to use this book to justify and construct composite narratives.

Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. This book is intended for qualitative researchers in the social sciences.

Weight: 200g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032543567