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Qualitative Research Design

An Interactive Approach Second Edition

Joseph A. Maxwell George Mason University
© 2005   192 pages   SAGE Publications, Inc   
Volume 41
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Paperback ISBN: 9780761926085 $60.00
Hardcover ISBN: 9780761926078 $114.00

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. A bestseller in its First Edition, this invaluable book presents an innovative approach to the components of design and how they interact with each other. The text presents a clear strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components and highlights key design issues. Based on a course the author taught for seven years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the work is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises. 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
* Reliability and validity

Qualitative Research Design presents a flexible, systemic model of design, which is perfect for designing studies and research proposals. Experienced researchers will welcome author Joseph A. Maxwell’s refreshing approach and clear, direct style, and professors across the social sciences will find this an invaluable text for graduate research courses.

Qualitative Research Design

An Interactive Approach

Second Edition
Joseph A. Maxwell George Mason University
© 2005   192 pages   SAGE Publications, Inc  
Volume 41

Available Formats

ISBN:   9780761926085 Paperback Suggested Retail Price:   $60.00 Bookstore Price:   $48.00
ISBN:   9780761926078 Hardcover Suggested Retail Price:   $114.00 Bookstore Price:   $91.20

Previous Editions Published by SAGE

First Edition: © 1996

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Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. A bestseller in its First Edition, this invaluable book presents an innovative approach to the components of design and how they interact with each other. The text presents a clear strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components and highlights key design issues. Based on a course the author taught for seven years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the work is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises. 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
* Reliability and validity

Qualitative Research Design presents a flexible, systemic model of design, which is perfect for designing studies and research proposals. Experienced researchers will welcome author Joseph A. Maxwell’s refreshing approach and clear, direct style, and professors across the social sciences will find this an invaluable text for graduate research courses.

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