Synopses & Reviews
Offering a step-by-step approach to collecting, analyzing, designing and interpreting qualitative research
This engaging, student-centered text presents invaluable insights into the practice of qualitative and mixed methods research. In this thoroughly updated edition, authors Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy offer a mix of theoretical approaches for qualitative methods practice that ranges from the interpretive tradition to critical perspectives. New to This EditionNew chapters on the case study approach and how to write up qualitative researchEnhanced coverage of ethics woven throughout each chapterExemplary research studies designed to engage students in hands-on research practiceTips for guiding students through the research processNew sections on concept mapping, cross-cultural and international focus groups, computer-assisted technologies for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods data, and arts-based research projectsAncillaries at www.sagepub.com/hessebiber2e, which provide students and instructors with ongoing up-to-date learning resources.This text is appropriate for all undergraduate and beginning graduate-level students taking qualitative and research methods courses in the social and behavioral sciences.
Synopsis
The Practice of Qualitative Research is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level courses that introduce the student to Qualitative Research. The book provides coverage on the foundations of qualitative research, the methods used in doing the research and how you analyze the data and present it.
Synopsis
This book provides undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a hands on introduction to qualitative research methods through the use of in-depth examples and out-of-class exercises. Rather than de-linking theory from methods and presenting students with a laundry-list of methods like so many texts do, The Practice of Qualitative Research provides readers with the link between theory and methods throughout the book. Starting with how to develop a good research question, the authors carefully show the nuts and bolts of data collection (including issues of sampling, validity, reliability and ethics), the multiplicity of considerations (and, how to sort through them) during research design, the how-to's of each major qualitative approach, and conclude with data analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
The Practice of Qualitative Research is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level courses that introduce the student to Qualitative Research. The book provides coverage on the foundations of qualitative research, the methods used in doing the research and how you analyze the data and present it.