Qualitative research design : an interactive approach / Joseph Maxwell.
Material type: TextSeries: Applied social research methods series ; 41Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2012.Edition: Third editionDescription: xi, 218 pages. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781412981194 (pbk.) :
- 1412981190 (pbk.) :
- 001.42 MAX
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the new Third Edition incorporates examples and hands-on exercises.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vii)
- About the Author (p. xi)
- Chapter 1 A Model for Qualitative Research Design (p. 1)
- The Organization of This Book (p. 18)
- The Exercises in This Book (p. 18)
- Notes (p. 21)
- Chapter 2 Goals: Why Are You Doing This Study? (p. 23)
- Personal, Practical, and Intellectual Goals (p. 24)
- What Goals Can Qualitative Research Help You Achieve? (p. 29)
- Notes (p. 38)
- Chapter 3 Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On? (p. 39)
- The Value (and Pitfalls) of Research Paradigms (p. 41)
- Experiential Knowledge (p. 44)
- Prior Theory and Research (p. 48)
- The Uses of Existing Theory (p. 49)
- Concept Maps (p. 54)
- Other Uses of Existing Research (p. 64)
- Pilot and Exploratory Studies (p. 66)
- Thought Experiments (p. 68)
- Notes (p. 72)
- Chapter 4 Research Questions: What Do You Want to Understand? (p. 73)
- The Functions of Research Questions (p. 75)
- Research Questions and Other Kinds of Questions (p. 76)
- Research Hypotheses in Qualitative Designs (p. 77)
- General Questions and Particular Questions (p. 78)
- Instrumentalist Questions and Realist Questions (p. 79)
- Variance Questions and Process Questions (p. 82)
- Developing Research Questions (p. 83)
- Chapter 5 Methods: What Will You Actually Do? (p. 87)
- More and Less Structured Approaches (p. 88)
- Negotiating Research Relationships (p. 90)
- Site and Participant Selection (p. 96)
- Decisions About Data Collection (p. 100)
- The Relationship Between Research Questions and Data Collections Methods (p. 100)
- Using Multiple Data Collection Methods (p. 102)
- Decisions About Data Analysis (p. 104)
- Strategies for Qualitative Data Analysis (p. 105)
- Computers and Qualitative Data Analysis (p. 115)
- Linking Methods and Questions (p. 116)
- Notes (p. 120)
- Chapter 6 Validity: How Might You Be Wrong? (p. 121)
- The Concept of Validity (p. 122)
- Two Specific Validity Threats: Bias and Reactivity (p. 124)
- Researcher Bias (p. 124)
- Reactivity (p. 124)
- Validity Tests: A Checklist (p. 125)
- Generalization in Qualitative Research (p. 136)
- Notes (p. 138)
- Chapter 7 Research Proposals: Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study (p. 139)
- The Purpose of a Proposal (p. 140)
- The Proposal as an Argument (p. 141)
- The Relationship Between Your Research Design and Your Proposal Argument (p. 142)
- A Model for Proposal Structure (p. 142)
- Notes (p. 159)
- Appendix A A Proposal for a Study of Medical School Teaching (p. 161)
- Appendix B A Proposal for a Study of Online Learning by Teachers (p. 179)
- References (p. 201)
- Index (p. 211)