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The complexities and conundrums that are a part of the
qualitative research enterprise demand a solid, well-planned
research design. In this new edition of a best-seller,
authors Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman continue
to provide clear and direct guidance for writing successful
proposals that fit into the framework of qualitative
research. With new material, including expanded coverage of
focus groups, action research, and interviewing, Designing
Qualitative Research, Third Edition is full of vignettes
that illustrate the methodological challenges facing the
researcher. This text will continue to be an invaluable
resource to teachers and students of research methods across
the disciplines and a must for the library of those using
qualitative approaches.
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Interactive Qualitative
Analysis: A Systems Method for Qualitative Research
aims to help students unscramble the mysteries of
qualitative data collection, coding, and analysis by showing
how to use a systematic, qualitative technique: interactive
qualitative analysis. The authors synthesize ideas from
grounded theory, path and factor analysis, quality
management theory, Foucauldian concepts of power and
knowledge, and systems theory. A dialectical revision of
Guba and Lincoln’s theory of rigor is offered which,
combined with systems theory, offers new insights into the
meaning of reliability and validity in qualitative research.
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Qualitative Analysis offers a detailed introduction
to the practice of data analysis that is both user-friendly
and theoretically grounded. Drawing on his extensive
experience of qualitative research, Douglas Ezzy reviews
approaches to data analysis in established research
traditions including ethnography, phenomenology and symbolic
interactionism, alongside the newer approaches informed by
cultural studies and feminism. He explains the difference
between inductive, deductive and abductive theory building,
provides a guide to computer-assisted analysis and outlines
techniques such as journal writing, team meetings and
participant reviews. At the heart of insightful qualitative
research is a dialogue between tradition and innovation,
ideas and observations, theory and data, and interpretation
and action. Ezzy explains how to engage in this dialogue by
choosing methods of data analysis to suit the research
project, adapting these methods as needed. Qualitative
Analysis is a valuable reference forresearch students and
for professional researchers in the social sciences and
health.
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In 1984, the first edition of Qualitative Data Analysis
addressed a critical need faced by researchers in all fields
of the human sciences-how to draw valid meaning from
qualitative data. It provided methods of analysis that were
practical, credible, and reliable. This groundbreaking book
has now been revised to take up where the first edition left
off and account for the phenomenal expansion of qualitative
inquiry since then. In the second edition, Matthew B. Miles
and A. Michael Huberman bring the art of qualitative data
analysis up-to-date, adding hundreds of new techniques,
ideas, and references that draw on the experience of the
authors and many colleagues in the design, testing, and use
of qualitative data analysis methods. Each method of data
display and analysis is described and illustrated in detail,
with practical suggestions for adaptation and use. The
growth of computer use in qualitative analysis is reflected
throughout this volume, which also includes an extensive
appendix on criteria useful for choosing among the currently
available analysis packages.
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Qualitative Data Analysis shows that learning how to analyse
qualitative data by computer can be fun. Written in a
stimulating style, with examples drawn mainly from every day
life and contemporary humour, it should appeal to a wide
audience.
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Qualitative research (QR) is the method of inquiry that
seeks to understand social phenomena within the context of
the participants' perspectives and experiences. The research
methods of QR are more flexible, responsive, and open to
contextual interpretation than in quantitative research,
which uses inventory, questionnaire, or numerical data to
draw conclusions. In Qualitative Research in Practice ,
Sharan Merriam combines discussions of the types of QR with
examples of research studies and reflections by the
researchers themselves. An important resource for students
and practitioners of QR, the book may be used as a companion
to any general text on QR. Edited by Sharan B. Merriam, a
leader in the field of qualitative research, Qualitative
Research in Practice Presents the basic information about
the nature of qualitative research Includes a discussion and
guidelines for assessing and evaluating qualitative research
Offers a handy resource for all those interested in
qualitative research regardless of discipline or experience
Exemplifies various types of qualitative research Includes
commentaries by article authors reflecting on their personal
experience in engaging in qualitative research This book is
a valuable resource for students and practitioners in all
fields where qualitative research is conducted, including
social work, psychology, counseling, management, education,
healthcare, and more.
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Offering a map to show readers how some methodological
choices lead more directly than others to particular goals,
this book provides beginning researchers with an overview of
techniques for making data, and an explanation of the ways
different tools fit different purposes and provide different
research experiences and outcomes. The authors clearly
explain why there are many methods and show readers how to
locate their study within that choice. Written to be a
pragmatic companion, this text will help readers get
confidently and competently started on a research path that
will work for their study.
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A book that goes behind the more official presentations and
accounts of research methods to explore the lived
experiences, joys and mistakes of a wide range of
international researchers principally working in the fields
of accounting and finance, but also in management, economics
and other social sciences.
The authors of the articles in this book address a wide
range of issues and obstacles that they have confronted at
various stages in their respective research careers. In
reflecting on their personal experiences, they provide
practical guidance on how to overcome the types of problems
that typically confront academic researchers in their
day-to-day work.
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After the glamour of working in the field is over, you now
face the daunting challenge of transforming your field notes
and interview tapes into a completed study. But where do you
start? In Transforming Qualitative Data, Harry F. Wolcott
guides you through the process of completing your research
study. Beginning with an introductory chapter that presents
his views on ethnography, he explores the transformation
process by breaking it down into three related activities:
description, analysis, and interpretation. To illustrate
each point, he critically examines his own work, using nine
of his previous studies as illustrations. Then he shows you
how to learn--and to teach--qualitative research by applying
the three principles outlined in the volume.
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