Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Applied Social Research Methods)

Joseph A. Maxwell

ISBN 10: 0803973292 / ISBN 13: 9780803973299

Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

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This invaluable book presents an innovative approach to qualitative design that emphasizes the components of a design and how these interact with each other and the environment in which the study is situated. A clear strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components is provided and key design issues are highlighted.

These design issues include: clarifying the purposes of the study; creating a theoretical context for the research; formulating research questions; developing a relationship with the people being studied; making decisions about sampling, data collection and analysis; and assessing validity threats and alternative explanations to the study′s conclusions.

In addition, the book explains how to make the transition from research design to research proposal, providing a model for the structure of a qualitative proposal that is based in the design of the study.

Contenuti: A Model for Qualitative Research Design
Purposes
Why Are You Doing This Study?
Conceptual Context
What Do You Think Is Going On?
Research Questions
What Do You Want to Understand?
Methods
What Will You Actually Do?
Validity
How Might You Be Wrong?
Research Proposals
Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study

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Titolo: Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive ...
Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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