Qualitative Research Methods
ISBN: 9781412922265 | 1412922267
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Pub. Date: 12/8/2010
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Qualitative Research Methods is based on the authors' highly successful multidisciplinary qualitative methods workshops, which have been conducted for over a decade. In this book the authors propose a 'qualitative research cycle' that leads students through the selection of appropriate methods, the collection of data and the transformation of findings into a finished project. It provides a clear explanation of the nature of qualitative research and its key concepts. Topics covered include:o formulating qualitative research questionso ethical is... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Introduction to the Book | |
| Who is This Book For? | |
| The Qualitative Research Cycle | |
| Structure of the Book | |
| Features of this Book | |
| The Nature of Qualitative Research | |
| What is Qualitative Research? | |
| When to Conduct Qualitative Research | |
| The Underlying Interpretive Paradigm | |
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| Verstehen and Understanding | |
| The Emic and Etic Perspective | |
| Subjectivity and The Need for Reflexivity | |
| Our Approach to Qualitative Research | |
| Evaluating quality | |
| The Design Cycle | |
| The Design Cycle | |
| Introduction | |
| Formulating Qualitative Research Questions | |
| Incorporating Literature and Theory | |
| Developing a Conceptual Framework | |
| Selecting a Fieldwork Approach | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
| Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research | |
| Introduction | |
| What is Ethics? | |
| Ethics in Qualitative Research | |
| Ethical Issues in the Design Cycle | |
| Ethical Issues in the Ethnographic Cycle | |
| Ethical Issues in the Analytic Cycle | |
| Evaluating quality | |
| The Ethnographic Cycle | |
| Participant Recruitment | |
| What is Participant Recruitment? | |
| Defining and Refining the Study Population | |
| How Many to Recruit: The Principle of Saturation | |
| Recruitment Goals | |
| Strategies for Participant Recruitment | |
| Evaluating quality | |
| In-Depth Interviews | |
| What is an In-Depth Interview? | |
| When to Conduct an In-Depth Interview | |
| Purpose of an In-Depth Interview | |
| The Cyclical Nature of Data Collection | |
| Developing an Interview Guide | |
| Preparing for Data Collection | |
| Reflecting on Subjectivity and Positionality | |
| Conducting the Interview | |
| Strengths and Limitations | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
| Focus Group Discussions | |
| What is a Focus Group Discussion? | |
| When to Conduct Focus Group Discussions | |
| The Cyclical Nature of Data Collection | |
| Developing the Discussion Guide | |
| Preparing for Data Collection | |
| Conducting the Focus Group Discussion | |
| Post-Discussion Information | |
| Strengths and Limitations | |
| Evaluating quality | |
| Observation | |
| What is Observation? | |
| When to Conduct Observation | |
| What to Observe | |
| Types of Observation | |
| Preparing and Conduct of Observation | |
| Writing an Observation | |
| Strengths and Limitations | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
| The Analytic Cycle | |
| Data Preparation and Developing Codes | |
| Introduction | |
| The Nature of Qualitative Data Analysis | |
| Our Approach to Analysis | |
| Foundations of Grounded Theory | |
| Data Preparation | |
| Developing Codes | |
| Making a Codebook | |
| Coding Data | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
| Textual Data Analysis | |
| Introduction | |
| Formulating a Project-Specific Plan of Analysis | |
| Searching Data | |
| The Cyclical Process of Analysis | |
| Thick Description | |
| Comparison | |
| Categorizing and Conceptualizing | |
| Theory Development | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
| Writing Qualitative Research | |
| Writing in Qualitative Research | |
| Who is the Audience? | |
| Structure of Writing | |
| Beginning to Write | |
| Writing a Methodology | |
| Presenting Qualitative Results | |
| Evaluating Quality | |
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