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 Edition   

• New chapters on the case study approach and how to write up qualitative research 
• Enhanced coverage of ethics woven throughout each chapter 
• Exemplary research studies designed to engage students in hands-on research practice 
• Tips for guiding students through the research process 
• New sections on concept mapping, cross-cultural and international focus groups, computer-assisted technologies for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods data, and arts-based research projects 
• Ancillaries 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.