• I. The Nuts and Bolts of Research Design
• 1. Introduction to Social Research
• 2. Ethics in Social Research
• 3. Getting Started Designing a Project II. Five Approaches to Research Design
• 4. Quantitative Research Design
• 5. Qualitative Research Design
• 6. Mixed Methods Research Design
• 7. Arts-Based Research Design
• 8. Community-Based Participatory Research Design Glossary References .
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This user-friendly book provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research. Chapters on each approach follow a unique format--they present a template for a research proposal and explain in detail how to conceptualize and fill in every section. Terminology commonly used within each approach is identified, and key moments of ethical decision making are flagged. Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events and social justice topics. Unique coverage includes hot topics: replication studies and data sharing, tailoring proposals to different audiences, and more. The book also includes a general introduction to social research; an in-depth, practical discussion of ethics; and a chapter on how to begin a research study, from planning a topic to developing a research question via a literature review. Pedagogical Features *Multiple "Review Stops" in each chapter--quick quizzes with answer keys. *End-of-chapter writing exercises, research activities, and suggested resources. *Bold-face key terms and an end-of-book glossary. *Boxed tips from experts in the respective approaches. *Supplemental PowerPoint slides for instructors using the book in a class. Winner (Third Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Nursing Research Category.
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• Machine generated contents note:
• pt. ONE Among the People: How to Conduct Qualitative Research
• ch. 1 Introduction: Go to the People
• Note on the History of Qualitative Methods
• Qualitative Methodology
• Theory and Methodology
• Notes
• ch. 2 Research Design and Pre-Fieldwork
• Research Design
• Selecting Settings
• Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval
• Writing Proposals
• Access to Organizations
• Access to Public and Quasi-Public Settings
• Access to Private Settings
• What Do You Tell Gatekeepers and Informants?
• Collecting Data About Obtaining Access
• Covert Research
• ch. 3 Participant Observation: In the Field
• Entering the Field
• Negotiating Your Role
• Establishing Rapport
• Participation
• Key Informants
• Difficult Field Relations
• Forming Relationships
• Field Tactics
• Asking Questions
• Learning the Language
• Field Notes
• Boundaries of a Study
• Leaving the Field
• Triangulation
• Ethics in the Field
• ch. 4 In-Depth Interviewing
• Qualitative Interview
• Types of Interview Studies
• Choosing to Interview
• Selecting Informants
• Approaching Informants
• Understanding the Interview in Context
• Managing the Interview Situation
• Getting People to Talk About What Is Important to Them
• Interview Guide
• Probing
• Cross-Checks
• Relations With Informants
• Recording Interviews
• Group Interviews
• Interviewer's Journal
• Note
• ch. 5 Montage: Discovering Methods
• Disrupting the "Commonsense World of Everyday Life": Harold Garfinkel
• Qualitative Research as Autobiography
• Entering a World Without Words
• Personal Documents
• Picturing Disability
• Photography and Videotaping
• Official Records and Public Documents
• Historical and Archival Research
• Notes
• ch. 6 Working With Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research
• Narratives: Descriptive and Theoretical Studies
• Building Theory
• Working With Data
• Constructing Life Histories
• pt. TWO Writing Qualitative Research: Selected Studies
• ch. 7 Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies
• What You Should Tell Your Readers
• Some Tips on Writing
• Common Mistakes in Writing From Qualitative Data
• Publishing Qualitative Studies
• Selected Studies
• ch. 8 "You're Not a Retard, You're Just Wise": Disability, Social Identity, and Family Networks / Steven J. Taylor
• ch. 9 Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home / Marjorie L. DeVault
• ch. 10 Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research / Marjorie L. DeVault
• ch. 11 Citizen Portraits: Photos of People With Disabilities as Personal Keepsakes / Robert Bogdan
• ch. 12 "They Asked for a Hard Job": World War II Conscientious Objectors on the Front Lines / Steven J. Taylor.

An informative real-world guide to studying the "why" of human behavior Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods is a practical, comprehensive guide to the collection and presentation of qualitative data. Unique in the market, this book describes the entire research process from design through writing illustrated by examples of real, complete qualitative work that clearly demonstrates how methods are used in actual practice. This updated fourth edition includes all new case studies, with additional coverage of mixed methods, non-sociological settings, funding, and a sample interview guide. The studies profiled are accompanied by observation field notes, and the text includes additional readings for both students and instructors. More than just theory, this guide is designed to give you a real-world practitioner's view of how qualitative research is handled every step of the way. Many different disciplines rely on qualitative research as a method of inquiry, to gain an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the governing forces behind it. Qualitative research asks "why" and "how, " and the data is frequently complex and difficult to measure. This book shows you how to effectively handle qualitative work, regardless of where it's being applied. Understand the strengths and limitations of qualitative data Learn how experts work around common methodological issues Compare actual field notes to the qualitative studies they generated Examine the full range of qualitative methods throughout the research process Whether you're studying sociology, psychology, marketing, or any number of other fields, especially in the social and behavioral sciences, human behavior is the central concern of your work. So what drives human behavior? That's what qualitative research helps to explain. Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods gives you the foundation you need to begin seeking answers.
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• Fieldnotes in ethnographic research
• In the field : participating, observing, and jotting notes
• Writing fieldnotes. 1, At the desk, creating scenes on a page
• Writing fieldnotes. 2, Multiple purposes and stylistic options
• Pursuing members' meanings
• Processing fieldnotes : coding and memoing
• Writing an ethnography.

In "Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes", Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, and working fieldnotes into finished texts. They discuss different organizational and descriptive strategies and show how transforming direct observations into vivid descriptions results not simply from good memory but from learning to envision scenes as written. A good ethnographer, they demonstrate, must learn to remember dialogue and movement like an actor, to see colors and shapes like a painter, and to sense moods and rhythms like a poet. This new edition reflects the extensive feedback the authors have received from students and instructors since the first edition was published in 1995. As a result, they have updated the race, class, and gender section, created new sections on coding programs and revising first drafts, and provided new examples of working notes. An essential tool for budding social scientists, the second edition of "Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes" will be invaluable for a new generation of researchers entering the field.
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• Preface. The Editor. The Contributors. Part One: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry.
• 1. Introduction to Qualitative Research (Sharan B. Merriam)
• .2. Assessing and Evaluating Qualitative Research (Sharan B. Merriam).Part Two: Examples of Qualitative Research for Discussion and Analysis. BASIC INTERPRETIVE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.
• 3. How Cultural Values Shape Learning in Older Adulthood: The Case of Malaysia (Sharan B. Merriam, Mazanah Muhamad).Do All These People Have To Be Here? Reflections on Collecting Data in Another Culture (Sharan B. Merriam).
• 4. Spirituality and Emancipatory Adult Education in Women Adult Educators for Social Change (Elizabeth J. Tisdell).Researching One's Passions: The Perils and Possibilities (Elizabeth J. Tisdell). PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
• 5. A Phenomenological Study of In Church and Televised Worship (Richard F. Wolff).Self Reflection: An Essential Quality for Phenomenological Researchers (Richard F. Wolff).
• 6. A Phenomenological Investigation of A"GoodA" Supervision Events (Vaughn E. Worthen, Brian W. McNeill).Phenomenological Research and the Making of Meaning (Vaughn E. Worthen). GROUNDED THEORY.
• 7. Development of Professional School Counselor Identity: A Grounded Theory (Pamelia E. Brott, Jane E. Myers).My Journey with Grounded Theory Research (Pamelia E. Brott)
• .8. A Conceptual Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (Susan R. Jones, Marylu K. McEwen).Becoming Grounded in Grounded Theory Methodology (Susan R. Jones). CASE STUDY.
• 9. The Role of the School in the Assimilation of Immigrant Children: A Case Study of Arab Americans (Ernestine K. Enomoto, Mary Antony Bair).Reflections of Our Own Inner Lives (Ernestine K. Enomoto, Mary Antony Bair).
• 10. Jermaine: A Critical Case Study of a Gifted Black Child Living in Rural Poverty (Thomas P. Hebert, Teresa M. Beardsley).Reflections on My Research Experience with Jermaine and His Community (Thomas P. Hebert). ETHNOGRAPHY.
• 11. The Ethnography of an Electronic Bar: The Lesbian Cafe (Shelley J. Correll).Reflections of a Novice Researcher (Shelley J. Correll).
• 12. Hard and Heavy: Gender and Power in a Heavy Metal Music Subculture (Leigh Krenske, Jim McKay).A"You're Researching What?A" The Importance of Self in Ethnographic Research (Leigh Krenske). NARRATIVE ANALYSIS.
• 13. Stories of One's Own: Nonunitary Subjectivity in Narrative Representation (Leslie Rebecca Bloom).From Self to Society: Reflections on the Power of Narrative Inquiry (Leslie Rebecca Bloom).
• 14. Cathy: The Wrong Side of the Tank (Juanita Johnson Bailey).Dancing Between the Swords: My Foray into Constructing Narratives (Juanita Johnson Bailey). CRITICAL RESEARCH.
• 15. Tootle: A Parable of Schooling and Destiny (Nicholas C. Burbules).Tootle Revisited: Fifteen Years Down the Track (Nicholas C. Burbules).
• 16. The Politics of Consumer Education Materials Used in Adult Literacy Classrooms (Jennifer A. Sandlin).Structure and Subjectivity: Reflections on Critical Research (Jennifer A. Sandlin). POSTMODERN RESEARCH.
• 17. Exposed Methodology: The Body as a Deconstructive Practice (Wanda S. Pillow).Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on How I Did Research Impacts What I Know Now (Wanda S. Pillow).
• 18. Methodology in the Fold and the Irruption of Transgressive Data (Elizabeth A. St. Pierre).Troubling the Categories of Qualitative Inquiry (Elizabeth A. St. Pierre)
• .19. Reflections on Doing Qualitative Research (Sharan B. Merriam).Name Index.Subject Index.
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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.
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• Contents: K.B. deMarrais, Introduction. J. Spring, Gold Mining History in Search of Personal Understanding. J. Habel, Precipitating Myself Into Just Manageable Difficulties: Reflections on Constructing an Intellectual Biography of Nicholas Hobbs. S.M. Oran, Traveling Light: A Student's Guide to Packing for Qualitative Research. D. Deyhle, The Role of the Applied Anthropologist: Between Schools and the Navajo Nation. C. Sleeter, Activist or Ethnographer? Researchers, Teachers, and Voice in Ethnographies That Critique. L.C. Velazquez, Personal Reflections on the Process: The Role of the Researcher and Transformative Research. J. Gamradt, "Studying Up" in Educational Anthropology. R.Q. Smith, Revisiting Juanita's Beauty Salon: An Ethnographic Study of an African-American Beauty Shop. K.B. deMarrais, Mucking Around in the Mud: Doing Ethnography With Yup'ik Eskimo Girls. L. Smith, Tracing Literacy Across Three Generations...Trying Not to Lose the Voices. K. Altork, You Never Know When You Might Want to Be a Redhead in Belize. K.D. Tunnell, Interviewing the Incarcerated: Personal Notes on Ethical and Methodological Issues. M. Eyring, How Close Is Close Enough?: Reflections on the Experience of Doing Phenomenology. M.J. Ronan Herzog, Teacher-Researcher: A Long and Winding Road From the Public School to the University. B.B. Swadener, M.M. Marsh, Reflections on Collaborative, and Not-So-Collaborative, Research in Early Childhood Settings. E. McIntyre, Who Is Taking Risks? Moving Toward Collaborative Research. D. Walsh, Incomplete Stories. M.D. LeCompte, Synonyms and Sequences: The Development of an Intellectual Autobiography.
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Although articles reporting research studies are helpful in acquainting students with methodological approaches, they often make the process look so straightforward, clean, and effortless. It is rare to find an article that tells the "real" story behind the finished product. By having real researchers tell their own stories of "mucking around" with methodological and ethical issues in qualitative research, we get a more realistic, human story of the process. This is a collection of such stories. Authors were asked to describe their own experiences with methodological and ethical struggles as they engaged in their work. Each of the essays offers insight into the research approach used as well as particular issues which became apparent during the research process. Key issues raised by the authors include early learnings; gaining entry; overlapping, conflicting roles, and the boundaries of these roles; differential power relationships; who tells the story and whose story is told; ethical concerns related to confidentiality; and the influence of a researcher's particular philosophy or theoretical framework on his or her research. Throughout the book we see scholars whose personal stories or autobiographies intersect closely with their research projects. deMarrais introduces a unique framework to help students gain an overview of qualitative research methods and the underpinnings and processes in these approaches. This framework is centered on the ways we understand phenomena using qualitative research approaches that engage archival knowledge, narrative knowledge, or observational knowledge.
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The art and science of doing qualitative research involving children is the subject of this book. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel Walsh discuss the research process, dealing succinctly with generic issues but emphasizing where work with children presents its own particular challenges. Part One looks across the research enterprise, conceptualizing it as an holistic activity. Part Two focuses on fieldwork, and the final part examines the interpretive and reporting aspects of qualitative research.
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• Introduction
• Respondents: choosing them and recruiting them
• Preparation for interviewing
• Interviewing
• Issues in interviewing
• Analysis of data
• Writing the report
• Appendices.

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external events. Against the eclectic background of his work in national sample surveys, studies based on semi-structured interviewing, and participant observation, Weiss walks the reader through the method of qualitative interview studies: sample selection, development of an interview guide, the conduct of the interview, analysis, and preparation of the data. Weiss gives examples of successful and less successful interviews and offers specific techniques and guidelines for the practitioner.
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This introductory text addresses two questions. What is qualitative research? How is it done? It takes the reader through each stage of the qualitative research process including research design, pilot studies, interviewing techniques, use of theory, data analysis and report writing.
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Peshkin examines the role played by ethnicity in the daily life of a town he calls "Riverview" and its only high school. Immersing himself in the daily life of halls and classrooms of Riverview's high school and the streets of its neighborhoods, Peshkin coaxes from both young and old their own reflections on the town's early days, on the period of ethnic strife sparked by the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on the way they see Riverview today. "Peshkin strikes a hopeful cord, revealing what social encounters among ethnic groups--at their best--can be like in America."--Education Digest.
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• Part 1 Subjectivity and objectivity: subjectivity and objectivity - an objective inquiry, D.C. Phillips
• is naturalism a move away from positivism? materialist and feminist approaches to subjectivity in ethnographic research, Leslie G. Roman, Michael W. Apple
• commentary on the papers by Phillips and by Roman and Apple - subjectivity and objectivity, Egon G. Guba
• response to the commentary by Guba, D.C. Phillips. Part 2 Validity: on daffodils that come before the swallow dares, Madeleine R. Grumet
• on seeking - and rejecting - validity in qualitative research, Harry F. Wolcott
• commentray on the papers by Grumet and by Wolcott - looking for trouble - on the place of the ordinary in educational studies, Philip Jackson
• response to the commentary by Jackson, Madeleine R. Grumet. Part 3 Generalizability: generalizability and the single-case study, Robert Donmoyer
• increasingly the generalizability of qualitative research, Janet Ward Schofield
• commentary on the papers by Donmoyer and by Schofield - generalizing from case studies, Howard S. Becker. Part 4 Ethics: the ethics of qualitative research, Jonas F. Soltis
• ethics in qualitative field research - an individual perspective, Louis M. Smith
• commentary on the papers by Soltis and by Smith - toward a categorical imperative for qualitative research, Yvonna S. Lincoln
• response to the commentary by Lincoln, Jonas F. Soltis. Part 5 Uses of qualitative inquiry: using the narrative text as an occasion for conspiracy, Thomas E. Barone
• what can you learn from applesauce - a case of qualitative inquiry in use, Christopher M. Clark
• commentary on the papers by Barone and by Clark - animadversions and reflections on the uses of qualitative inquiry, Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman
• response to the commentary by Miles and Huberman, Thomas E. Barone. Part 6 Closing comments on a continuing debate, Elliot W. Eisner, Alan Peshkin.
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In this book scholars address critical issues in qualitative inquiry. For each issue two papers are presented, followed by a commentary and usually a response from one of the paper presenters. Thus, this volume provides a picture of the current debate as it unfolds among some of the nation's leading educational scholars. An introduction by editors Eisner and Peshkin traces the development of the contemporary interest in qualitative inquiry from the period when such work was considered problematic. Now the commitment to qualitative research by a host of distinguished scholars testifies to its "rooting in American academic life". As the editors emphasize, this book's exploration of issues in qualitative inquiry is intended not to offer "the last word" but "to extend the dialogue on matters of consequence to those who are committed not only to qualitative research but also to research of quality.".
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This ambitious and unique volume sets a standard of excellence for research in educational ethnography. The interpretive studies brought together in this volume are outstanding discipline-based analyses of education both in the United States and in complex societies abroad.
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