Introduction to qualitative research methods : the search for meanings
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Introduction to qualitative research methods : the search for meanings
Wiley, c1984
2nd ed
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A Wiley-Interscience publication
Available at 22 libraries
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Bibliography: p. 258-295
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a book on how to conduct qualitative research. There are some excellent books on specific qualitative approaches, especially participant observation, insightful personal accounts of researchers in the field,and treatises on the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research. Yet these do not provide those unfamiliar with qualitative methods with an adequate introduction, an overview of the range of different approaches, and guidance on how to conduct a study. This book is intended to do these things.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: AMONG THE PEOPLE: HOW TO CONDUCT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: Participant Observation: Pre- Fieldwork
- Participant Observation: In the Field
- Indepth Interviewing
- Montage: Discovering Methods
- Working with Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research
- PART TWO: WRITING UP FINDINGS: The Presentation of Findings
- The Judged Not the Judges: An Insider's View of Mental Retardation
- Be Honest But Not Cruel: Staff/Parent Communication on a Neonatal Unit
- Let Them Eat Programs: Attendant's Perspectives and Programming on Wards in State Schools
- National Policy and Situated Meaning: The Case of Head Start and the Handicapped
- Defending Illusions: The Institution's Struggle for Survival
- A Closing Remark
- Appendix - Field Notes
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index.
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