Qualitative research design : an interactive approach

By:

Maxwell, Joseph Alex, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Applied social research methods series ; 41.Publication details: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2013.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 218 p. :) illISBN:

1452255938
9781412981194
1412981190

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

001.42 MAX

Summary: Based on a course the author taught for seven years at Harvard Graduate School of Education, this text gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It presents a flexible, systemic model of design. This book gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Based on a course that the author taught for 7 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises. Rather than the rigid, linear approach to design that is usually found in research methods textbooks--and which is particularly ill suited for qualitative research--this book presents a flexible, systemic model of design. This model not only better fits what experienced qualitative researchers actually do, but provides a clear framework for designing a study and developing a research proposal. This edition includes new or substantially expanded discussions of research paradigms, defining a research problem, site and participant selection, relationships with research participants, data analysis, and validity, as well as more examples and exercises.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Botho University Botswana Open Shelves	Education	001.42 MAX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BU-LIB19371
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Previous ed.: 2005.

Ill. and text on inside cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Based on a course the author taught for seven years at Harvard Graduate School of Education, this text gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It presents a flexible, systemic model of design. This book gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Based on a course that the author taught for 7 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises. Rather than the rigid, linear approach to design that is usually found in research methods textbooks--and which is particularly ill suited for qualitative research--this book presents a flexible, systemic model of design. This model not only better fits what experienced qualitative researchers actually do, but provides a clear framework for designing a study and developing a research proposal. This edition includes new or substantially expanded discussions of research paradigms, defining a research problem, site and participant selection, relationships with research participants, data analysis, and validity, as well as more examples and exercises.

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