Designing qualitative research
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Designing qualitative research
Sage Publications, c2006
4th ed
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
With expanded coverage of ethics, analysis processes and approaches, the authors have updated their bestselling text to reflect recent advances and challenges. Features in the Fourth Edition include: - Recent thinking on 'the researcher in the research setting' - Consideration of the current political climate - Updated references and Further Reading sections - Postscripts at the end of each chapter that consist of a dialogue between a student and an advisor, illustrating design dilemmas in real time - A step-by-step guide to crafting a research project from start to finish.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction Qualitative Research Genres The Challenges Developing an Argument Overview of the Book Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 2. The "What" of the Study: Building the Conceptual Framework Sections of the Proposal Building the Conceptual Framework: Topic, Purpose, and Significance Posing Research Questions Limitations of the Study Review of Related Literature Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 3. The "How" of the Study: Building the Research Design Meeting the Challenge Justifying Qualitative Research The Qualitative Genre and Overall Approach The Setting, Site, Population, or Phenomenon Selecting a Sample of People, Actions, Events, and/or Processes The Researcher's Role: Issues of Entry, Reciprocity, Personal Biography, and Ethics Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 4. Data Collection Methods Primary Methods Secondary and Specialized Methods Combining Data Collection Methods General Principles for Designing Data Collection Strategies Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 5. Managing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data Recording and Managing Data Generic Data Analysis Strategies Analytic Procedures Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 6. Planning Time and Resources Planning Resources for a Large Study Planning Dissertation Research Dialogues Between Learners Further Reading 7. Articulating the Value and Logic of Qualitative Research Criteria of Soundness Demonstrating the Essential Qualitativeness of the Questions Demonstrating Precedents A Final Word Dialogues Between Learners References
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