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Author: Danica Hays, Anneliese Singh
Affiliation: Old Dominion University
Publisher: Guilford Press
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN 10: 1609184858
ISBN 13: 9781609184858
eISBN: 9781462502158
Edition: 1st
Description:
This highly readable text demystifies the qualitative research process -- and helps readers conceptualize their own studies -- by organizing the different research paradigms and traditions into coherent clusters. Real-world examples and firsthand perspectives illustrate the research process; instructive exercises and activities build on each other so readers can develop their own proposals or reports as they work through the book. Provided are strategies for selecting a research topic, entering and exiting sites, and navigating the complexities of ethical issues and the researcher's role. Readers learn how to use a range of data collection methods -- including observational strategies, interviewing, focus groups, email and chat rooms, and arts-based media -- and to manage, analyze, and report the resulting data. Useful pedagogical features: in-class and field activities to apply qualitative concepts; discussion questions, proposal development exercises, and reflexive journal activities; exemplary qualitative studies and two sample proposals; cautionary notes, or "Wild Cards," about possible research pitfalls; and tables that summarize concepts and present helpful tips.
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