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Summary:

"Qualitative Research Methods is a comprehensive, all-inclusive resource for theoretical underpinnings and practical conduct of qualitative methodology. Along with providing clear and concise guidance on how to design and theoretically grounded research studies, write proposals, and navigate ethical challenges, qualitative methodology expert Sarah J. Tracy also offers invaluable tips for recruiting participants, practicing fieldwork, and conducting interviews and focus groups. Easy-to-follow steps are provided for iterative data analysis, describing in detail how to move between theory and data in primary, secondary, and advanced coding cycles, ad in doing so, make meaning and build theory. Finally, the book provides insight on multiple ways to write and represent qualitative research for the greatest scholarly, professional, and social impact. Featuring an engaging writing style, in-depth examples from the author's own practice and a variety of topic areas, and a wealth of classroom activities, Qualitative Research Methods is an essential resource for novice and experienced researches alike"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Developing contextual research that matters
• Entering the conversation of qualitative research
• Paradigmatic reflections and qualitative research territories
• Research design: sampling, research proposals, ethics, and IRB
• Negotiating access and exploring the scene
• Field roles, fieldnotes, and field focus
• Interview planning and design: Structuring, wording, and questioning
• Interview practice: embodied, mediated, and focus-group a
• Data analysis basics: a phronetic iterative approach
• Advanced data analysis: the art and magic of interpretation
• Qualitative quality: creating a credible, ethical, significant study
• Theorizing and writing: explaining, synthesizing, and crafting a tale
• Drafting, polishing, and publishing
• Qualitative methodology matters: exiting and communicating impact.

Author/Creator:

Tracy, Sarah J. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Qualitative research methods: collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact [by Tracy, S.J.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Qualitative research methods [by Tracy, S.J.] (Second edition; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 — ISBN 9781119390787; LCCN 2019026506; OCLC Number 1107805033)

Subjects:

Social sciences — Research — Methodology

Social sciences

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed October 16, 2019).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

H62 .T733 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781119390794 (electronic book)
1119390796 (electronic book)
9781119390800 (electronic book)
111939080X (electronic book)
9781119390787 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019026507

OCLC Numbers:

1107842119