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Qualitative inquiry and research design : choosing among five approaches / John W. Creswell.

By: Creswell, John W.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2007Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xviii, 393 p.; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1412916062; 1412916070 .Subject(s): Social sciences -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.72
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text compares and contrasts the five major qualitative traditions: biography, case study, ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenology. Five actual journal articles are reproduced in the appendix as examples of the different research designs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CIT Module PSYC 7005 - Core reading

CIT Module EDUC 8017 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Purpose
  • What Is New in This Edition
  • Rationale for This Book
  • Selection of the Five Approaches
  • Positioning Myself
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Chapter 2 Philosophical, Paradigmatic, and Interpretive Frameworks
  • Questions for Discussion
  • Philosophical Assumptions
  • Paradigms or Worldviews
  • Interpretive Communities
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 3 Designing a Qualitative Study
  • Questions for Discussion
  • The Characteristics of Qualitative Research
  • When to Use Qualitative Research
  • The Process of Designing a Qualitative Study
  • The General Structure of a Plan or Proposal
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 4 Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry
  • Questions for Discussion
  • Narrative Research
  • Phenomenological Research
  • Grounded Theory Research
  • Ethnographic Research
  • Case Study Research
  • The Five Approaches Compared
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 5 Five Different Qualitative Studies
  • Questions for Discussion
  • A Narrative-Biographical Study (Angrosino, 1994)
  • A Phenomenological Study (Anderson & Spencer, 2002)
  • A Grounded Theory Study (Morrow & Smith, 1995)
  • An Ethnographic Study (Haenfler, 2004)
  • A Case Study (Asmussen & Creswell, 1995)
  • Differences Among the Approaches
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 6: Introducing and Focusing the Study
  • Questions for Discussion
  • The Research Problem
  • The Purpose Statement
  • The Research Questions
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 7 Data Collection
  • Questions for Discussion
  • The Data Collection Circle
  • The Site or Individual
  • Access and Rapport
  • Purposeful Sampling Strategy
  • Forms of Data
  • Recording Procedures
  • Field Issues
  • Storing Data
  • Five Approaches Compared
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 8 Data Analysis and Representation
  • Questions for Discussion
  • Three Analysis Strategies
  • The Data Analysis Spiral
  • Analysis Within Approaches to Inquiry
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 9 Writing a Qualitative Study
  • Questions for Discussion
  • Several Rhetorical Issues
  • Narrative Research Structure
  • Phenomenological Structure
  • Grounded Theory Structure
  • Ethnographic Structure
  • Case Study Structure
  • A Comparison of Narrative Structure
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 10 Standards of Validation and Evaluation
  • Questions for Discussion
  • Validation and Reliability in Qualitative Research
  • Evaluation Criteria
  • Summary
  • Additional Readings
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 11 "Turning the Story" and Conclusions
  • Turning the Story
  • A Case Study
  • A Narrative Study
  • A Phenomenology
  • A Grounded Theory Study
  • An Ethnography
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
  • Appendix A Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix B A Narrative Research Study
  • Appendix C A Phenomenological Study
  • Appendix D An Ethnography
  • Appendix E A Case Study