Qualitative Research
Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological
Second Edition
Nicole Mittenfelner Carl
- University of Pennsylvania, USA
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The second edition of Qualitative Research focuses on cultivating and bridging theoretical, methodological, and conceptual aspects to provide insight into their interactions in qualitative research. This comprehensive text helps students understand the central concepts, topics, and skills necessary to engage in rigorous, valid, and respectful qualitative research. Authors Sharon M. Ravitch and Nicole Mittenfelner Carl have written this text with student researchers in mind, balancing communicating the foundations and processes of qualitative research with clarity and simplicity while also capturing its complexity and layers. Whether students are new to qualitative research or not, this book will help students develop and deepen their understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in research.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Sharon Would Like to Thank
Sharon Would Like to Thank
Nicole Would Like to Thank
Nicole Would Like to Thank
About the Authors
- Chapter 1: Qualitative Research: An Opening Orientation
- An Overview of the Processes of Qualitative Research
- Defining and Situating Qualitative Research
- Key Components of Qualitative Research
- Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research: Criticality, Reflexivity, Collaboration, and Rigor
- Approaches to Qualitative Research: An Overview
- A Note on the Possibilities of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 2: Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Developing a Conceptual Framework
- Building Your Conceptual Framework
- Chapter 3: Qualitative Research Design
- Research Design in Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Research Design Processes
- Sampling: Site and Participant Selection
- Writing in Research Design
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Defining Qualitative Research as Iterative
- Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Reflexivity and Researcher-Generated Data Sources
- Chapter 5: Methods of Data Collection
- Interviews
- Observational Fieldnotes
- Focus Groups
- Documents and Archival Data
- Open-Ended Questionnaires
- Participatory Methods of Data Collection
- Revisiting Research Design
- Chapter 6: Validity in Qualitative Research
- Overview of Validity in Qualitative Research
- Assessing Validity
- Strategies for Achieving Qualitative Validity
- Rigor and Validity in Qualitative Research
- Chapter 7: Ethics and Relational Research
- Relational Ethics: Taking a Relational Approach to Research
- Deepening Research Ethics: Beyond IRB and Informed Consent
- Beyond Negotiating Entrée and Building Rapport
- Research Boundaries
- Informed Consent, with an Emphasis on Informed
- Transparency in Goals, Expectations, Processes, and Roles
- Confidentiality and Anonymity
- The Ethical Dimensions of the Researcher as Instrument
- Pushing Against the Expert–Learner Binary
- Ethical Collaboration: Dialectics of Mutual Influence
- Balancing Design Flexibility and Rigor: Responsive Research as an Ethical Stance
- Chapter 8: An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis
- Defining and Critically Approaching Qualitative Data Analysis
- Analysis and Interpretation
- Overview of Qualitative Data Analysis Processes
- An Integrative Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis
- Chapter 9: Methods and Processes of Data Analysis
- Data Organization and Managements
- Immersive Engagement
- Writing and Representation
- Chapter 10: Writing and Representing Research: The Research Report
- The Craft of Writing: Outlining, Drafting, and Revising
- Writing a Final Report: Building On, Deepening, and Codifying Analysis
- Critical Writing Considerations
- Concluding Thoughts: The Ethics of Research Writing
- Chapter 11: Qualitative Research Proposals
- Qualitative Research Proposals
- Writing Quality Research Proposals
- Adapting Research Proposals
- Epilogue
- Revisiting the Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research
- Closing Thoughts: The Power and Potential of Qualitative Research
Glossary
Glossary
Appendixes
Appendixes
References
References
Index
Index
Description
The second edition of Qualitative Research focuses on cultivating and bridging theoretical, methodological, and conceptual aspects to provide insight into their interactions in qualitative research. This comprehensive text helps students understand the central concepts, topics, and skills necessary to engage in rigorous, valid, and respectful qualitative research. Authors Sharon M. Ravitch and Nicole Mittenfelner Carl have written this text with student researchers in mind, balancing communicating the foundations and processes of qualitative research with clarity and simplicity while also capturing its complexity and layers. Whether students are new to qualitative research or not, this book will help students develop and deepen their understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in research.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Sharon Would Like to Thank
Sharon Would Like to Thank
Nicole Would Like to Thank
Nicole Would Like to Thank
About the Authors
- Chapter 1: Qualitative Research: An Opening Orientation
- An Overview of the Processes of Qualitative Research
- Defining and Situating Qualitative Research
- Key Components of Qualitative Research
- Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research: Criticality, Reflexivity, Collaboration, and Rigor
- Approaches to Qualitative Research: An Overview
- A Note on the Possibilities of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 2: Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Developing a Conceptual Framework
- Building Your Conceptual Framework
- Chapter 3: Qualitative Research Design
- Research Design in Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Research Design Processes
- Sampling: Site and Participant Selection
- Writing in Research Design
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Defining Qualitative Research as Iterative
- Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Reflexivity and Researcher-Generated Data Sources
- Chapter 5: Methods of Data Collection
- Interviews
- Observational Fieldnotes
- Focus Groups
- Documents and Archival Data
- Open-Ended Questionnaires
- Participatory Methods of Data Collection
- Revisiting Research Design
- Chapter 6: Validity in Qualitative Research
- Overview of Validity in Qualitative Research
- Assessing Validity
- Strategies for Achieving Qualitative Validity
- Rigor and Validity in Qualitative Research
- Chapter 7: Ethics and Relational Research
- Relational Ethics: Taking a Relational Approach to Research
- Deepening Research Ethics: Beyond IRB and Informed Consent
- Beyond Negotiating Entrée and Building Rapport
- Research Boundaries
- Informed Consent, with an Emphasis on Informed
- Transparency in Goals, Expectations, Processes, and Roles
- Confidentiality and Anonymity
- The Ethical Dimensions of the Researcher as Instrument
- Pushing Against the Expert–Learner Binary
- Ethical Collaboration: Dialectics of Mutual Influence
- Balancing Design Flexibility and Rigor: Responsive Research as an Ethical Stance
- Chapter 8: An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis
- Defining and Critically Approaching Qualitative Data Analysis
- Analysis and Interpretation
- Overview of Qualitative Data Analysis Processes
- An Integrative Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis
- Chapter 9: Methods and Processes of Data Analysis
- Data Organization and Managements
- Immersive Engagement
- Writing and Representation
- Chapter 10: Writing and Representing Research: The Research Report
- The Craft of Writing: Outlining, Drafting, and Revising
- Writing a Final Report: Building On, Deepening, and Codifying Analysis
- Critical Writing Considerations
- Concluding Thoughts: The Ethics of Research Writing
- Chapter 11: Qualitative Research Proposals
- Qualitative Research Proposals
- Writing Quality Research Proposals
- Adapting Research Proposals
- Epilogue
- Revisiting the Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research
- Closing Thoughts: The Power and Potential of Qualitative Research
Glossary
Glossary
Appendixes
Appendixes
References
References
Index
Index
Qualitative Research
Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological
January 2020 | 624 pages | Sage US
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The second edition of Qualitative Research focuses on cultivating and bridging theoretical, methodological, and conceptual aspects to provide insight into their interactions in qualitative research. This comprehensive text helps students understand the central concepts, topics, and skills necessary to engage in rigorous, valid, and respectful qualitative research. Authors Sharon M. Ravitch and Nicole Mittenfelner Carl have written this text with student researchers in mind, balancing communicating the foundations and processes of qualitative research with clarity and simplicity while also capturing its complexity and layers. Whether students are new to qualitative research or not, this book will help students develop and deepen their understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in research.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
The new edition of this book includes a more prominently-placed and expanded discussion of research ethics as crucial to students' inquiry, more information on reflexivity in data collection and individual methods for qualitative data collection, a more in-depth chapter on coding and other types of qualitative data analysis, and more thorough resource sections including connections to the extensive appendices so students can further their qualitative research journey.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as Sage Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Sharon Would Like to Thank
- Nicole Would Like to Thank
- About the Authors
- Chapter 1: Qualitative Research: An Opening Orientation
- An Overview of the Processes of Qualitative Research
- Defining and Situating Qualitative Research
- Key Components of Qualitative Research
- Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research: Criticality, Reflexivity, Collaboration, and Rigor
- Approaches to Qualitative Research: An Overview
- A Note on the Possibilities of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 2: Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Conceptual Frameworks in Research
- Developing a Conceptual Framework
- Building Your Conceptual Framework
- Chapter 3: Qualitative Research Design
- Research Design in Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Research Design Processes
- Sampling: Site and Participant Selection
- Writing in Research Design
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Defining Qualitative Research as Iterative
- Reflexivity in Data Collection
- Reflexivity and Researcher-Generated Data Sources
- Chapter 5: Methods of Data Collection
- Interviews
- Observational Fieldnotes
- Focus Groups
- Documents and Archival Data
- Open-Ended Questionnaires
- Participatory Methods of Data Collection
- Revisiting Research Design
- Chapter 6: Validity in Qualitative Research
- Overview of Validity in Qualitative Research
- Assessing Validity
- Strategies for Achieving Qualitative Validity
- Rigor and Validity in Qualitative Research
- Chapter 7: Ethics and Relational Research
- Relational Ethics: Taking a Relational Approach to Research
- Deepening Research Ethics: Beyond IRB and Informed Consent
- Beyond Negotiating Entrée and Building Rapport
- Research Boundaries
- Informed Consent, with an Emphasis on Informed
- Transparency in Goals, Expectations, Processes, and Roles
- Confidentiality and Anonymity
- The Ethical Dimensions of the Researcher as Instrument
- Pushing Against the Expert–Learner Binary
- Ethical Collaboration: Dialectics of Mutual Influence
- Balancing Design Flexibility and Rigor: Responsive Research as an Ethical Stance
- Chapter 8: An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis
- Defining and Critically Approaching Qualitative Data Analysis
- Analysis and Interpretation
- Overview of Qualitative Data Analysis Processes
- An Integrative Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis
- Chapter 9: Methods and Processes of Data Analysis
- Data Organization and Managements
- Immersive Engagement
- Writing and Representation
- Chapter 10: Writing and Representing Research: The Research Report
- The Craft of Writing: Outlining, Drafting, and Revising
- Writing a Final Report: Building On, Deepening, and Codifying Analysis
- Critical Writing Considerations
- Concluding Thoughts: The Ethics of Research Writing
- Chapter 11: Qualitative Research Proposals
- Qualitative Research Proposals
- Writing Quality Research Proposals
- Adapting Research Proposals
- Epilogue
- Revisiting the Horizontal Values in Qualitative Research
- Closing Thoughts: The Power and Potential of Qualitative Research
- Glossary
- Appendixes
- References
- Index