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Qualitative Research in Practice: Stories from the Field » Read Now
by Yvonne Darlington, Dorothy Scott. 208 pgs.

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"Research in the field is often very different from what is described in research theory. Stage by stage Darlington and Scott outline the processes of qualitative research, drawing on the experiences of leading international researchers in the human services."
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An Analysis of Thinking and Research about Qualitative Methods » Read Now
by W. James Potter. 393 pgs.

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...16. Critique of Qualitative Research 279 17...book was to find out how qualitative researchers construct meaning in their...qualitative analysis of qualitative research. My...
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Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections » Read Now
by Kathleen Bennett deMarrais. 219 pgs.

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...Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections Edited by Kathleen Bennett...Cataloging-in-Publication-Data Inside...
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Writing the Qualitative Dissertation: Understanding by Doing » Read Now
by Judith M. Meloy. 112 pgs.

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...recently finished doing qualitative research. I think I said Bogdan and...important one. I believe in qualitative research. It has more meaning to me...guide faculty and...
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Multiple and Intersecting Identity in Qualitative Research » Read Now
by Betty M. Merchant, Arlette Ingram Willis. 146 pgs.

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This book extends the current discourse on the role of cultural knowledge in qualitative research, especially research conducted by women of color within their own community. Each author reports on her attempts to conceptualize herself as a researcher while simultaneously trying to honor her...
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This book extends the current discourse on the role of cultural knowledge in qualitative research, especially research conducted by women of color within their own community. Each author reports on her attempts to conceptualize herself as a researcher while simultaneously trying to honor her cultural connectedness and knowledge. As women researchers analyzing the personal and professional contexts in which their research was conducted, the authors argue that their gender, race, religion, and status have played critical roles in their research agendas. They offer a female perspective, though not a feminist critique per se, for they believe that gender does play a significant role in their research efforts. Equally important, they explore the role that race has played in their research, whether as women of color or white women conducting research among people of color. In reflecting on how their unique positionality allows them to understand relationships across many boundaries, the authors observe how, in most cases, because of their position as women and/or people of color, they have not had some of the traditional problems associated with access to multicultural sites. However, they have encountered other issues and they share how, as researchers, they met and resolved these issues for their particular settings. Each author also discusses how, in addressing these issues, she labored to meet the standards of academia, often at a personal cost. This book challenges existing paradigms by questioning the assumption of objectivity in research. It is essential reading--informative, provocative, and engaging--for researchers and students in research methods, women's studies, critical theory, and cross-cultural studies.
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Qualitative-Quantitative Research Methodology: Exploring the Interactive Continuum ("Qualitative Method Conceptualized" begins on p. 16) » Read Now
by Isadore Newman, Carolyn R. Benz. 224 pgs.

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Rejecting the artificial dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative research strategies in the social and behavioral sciences, Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz argue that the two approaches are neither mutually exclusive nor interchangeable; rather, the actual relationship between the two...
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Rejecting the artificial dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative research strategies in the social and behavioral sciences, Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz argue that the two approaches are neither mutually exclusive nor interchangeable; rather, the actual relationship between the two paradigms is one of isolated events on a continuum of scientific inquiry. Through graphic and narrative descriptions, Newman and Benz show research to be a holistic endeavor in the world of inquiry. To clarify their argument, they provide a diagram of the "qualitative-quantitative interactive continuum" showing that qualitative analysis with its feedback loops can easily modify the types of research questions asked in quantitative analysis research and that the quantitative analysis results and its feedback can change what will be asked qualitatively. In their model for research - an "interactive continuum" - Newman and Benz emphasize four major points: the research question dictates the selection of research methods; consistency between question and design can lead to a method of critiquing research studies in journals; the interactive continuum model is built around the place of theory; and the assurance of "validity" of research is central to all studies.
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Examining the Validity Structure of Qualitative Research, in Education » Read Now
by R. Burke Johnson. 11 pgs.

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...the validity structure of qualitative research. by R. Burke Johnson...surprisingly, reactions by qualitative researchers have been mixed regarding...concept should be...
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Quantity and Quality in Social Research » Read Now
by Alan Bryman. 198 pgs.

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Qualitative Research Strategies as Prerequisite for Quantitative Strategies, in Education » Read Now
by Marie Poggenpoel, C.P.H. Myburgh, CH van der Linde . 6 pgs.

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...Qualitative research strategies as prerequisite for quantitative...differences between quantitative and qualitative research have according to De Vos, Schurink...research;...
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Sensible Matchmaking: Qualitative Research Design and the Program Evaluation Standards, in Journal of Experimental Education » Read Now
by Margaret D. LeCompte. 15 pgs.

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...Sensible Matchmaking: Qualitative Research Design and the Program...sciences. Most important to qualitative researchers is the Standards new focus...ARTICLE is to provide a...
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The Stories Choose to Tell: Fulfilling the Promise of Qualitative Research for Special Education, in Exceptional Children » Read Now
by Marleen C. Pugach. 15 pgs.

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...Fulfilling the Promise of Qualitative Research for Special Education...data collection methods in qualitative research so well known to scholars...were still not familiar...
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Qualitative Research Inquiry: Issues of Power and Ethics, in Education » Read Now
by Catherine A. Ebbs. 6 pgs.

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...Qualitative research inquiry: issues of power and ethics...and is characterized by the use of qualitative research inquiry (Connelly Clandinin, 1988...paper points out the...
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Qualitative Research in Business Communication: A Review and Analysis, in The Journal of Business Communication » Read Now
by Mary L. Tucker, Karen Sterkel Powell, G. Dale Meyer. 17 pgs.

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...Qualitative research in business communication: a review...being encouraged to use a group of qualitative research methods for studying business communication...1993)...
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Moving beyond a Deficit Perspective with Qualitative Research Methods, in Exceptional Children » Read Now
by Margaret Anzul, Judith F. Evans, Rita King, Dora Tellier-Robinson. 15 pgs.

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...Deficit Perspective with Qualitative Research Methods. by MARGARET...either the quantitative or the qualitative research paradigms. Others debate...function in other...
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Bridging Positivist and Interpretivist Approaches to Qualitative Methods, in Policy Studies Journal » Read Now
by Ann Chih Lin. 19 pgs.

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...the usual juxtaposition of qualitative research against quantitative research...easy to miss the fact that qualitative research itself encompasses a multitude...Scientific...