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Summary:

"The Practice of Qualitative Research guides readers step by step through the process of collecting, analyzing, designing, and interpreting qualitative research. Written in an engaging style, this student-centered text offers invaluable insights into the practice of qualitative research, with coverage of in-depth interviewing, focus groups, ethnography, case study, and mixed methods research. The Third Edition features even more integrated attention to online research and implications of social media throughout all methods chapters; updates on qualitative analysis software; and significantly expanded coverage of ethics."--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• An invitation to qualitative research
• Paradigmatic approaches to qualitative research
• Designing qualitative approaches to research
• The ethics of social research
• In-depth interviewing
• Focus group research
• Ethnography
• Case study
• Researching mass media : images and texts / by Heather McIntosh and Lisa Cuklanz
• Mixed methods research
• Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data
• Writing and representation of qualitative research projects
• Conclusion: Future directions of qualitative research inquiry.

Author/Creator:

Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The practice of qualitative research: engaging students in the research process [by Hesse-Biber, S.N.]

Subjects:

Social sciences — Research

Qualitative research

Social sciences

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

H62 .H477 2017eb

ISBNs:

9781483312804 (e-book)
1483312801
9781452268088 (pbk.) [Invalid]
9781483324203 (ePub ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2015038939

OCLC Numbers:

1191073167