Full Description
Qualitative Research Methods - collection, organization, and analysis strategiesThis text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community. The book stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers should be able to:Effectively design, collect, organize, and analyze data and then to present results to the scientific community Use the Internet as both a resource and a means for accessing qualitative data Explore current issues in the world of researchers, which include a serious concern about ethical behavior and protocols in research and a more reflexive and sensitive role for the researcher Recognize the importance of ethical concerns before they actually begin the research collection, organization, and analytic process Understand basic elements associated with researcher reflexivity and research voice
Contents
IN THIS SECTION:1.) BRIEF2.) COMPREHENSIVEChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Designing Qualitative ResearchChapter 3: Ethical IssuesChapter 4: A Dramaturgical Look at InterviewingChapter 5: Focus Group InterviewingChapter 6: Ethnographic Field StrategiesChapter 7: Action ResearchChapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures in ResearchChapter 9: Social Historical Research and Oral TraditionsChapter 10: Case StudiesChapter 11: An Introduction to Content Analysis Chapter 12: Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the SoupChapter 1: IntroductionQuantitative Versus Qualitative Schools of ThoughtUse of Triangulation in Research MethodologyQualitative Strategies: Defining an OrientationFrom a Symbolic Interactionist PerspectiveWhy Use Qualitative Methods?A Plan of PresentationChapter 2: Designing Qualitative ResearchTheory and ConceptsIdeas and TheoryReviewing the LiteratureEvaluating Web SitesContent versus UseTheory, Reality, and the Social WorldFraming Research ProblemsOperationalization and ConceptualizationDesigning ProjectsData Collection and OrganizationData Storage, Retrieval, and AnalysisDisseminationTrying It OutChapter 3: Ethical IssuesResearch Ethics in Historical PerspectiveFrom Guidelines to Law: Regulations on the Research ProcessInstitutional Review Boards (IRBs)Ethical CodesSome Common Ethical Concerns in Behavioral ResearchNew Areas for Ethical Concern: CyberspaceInformed Consent and Implied ConsentConfidentiality and AnonymitySecuring the DataObjectivity and Careful Research DesignTrying It OutChapter 4: A Dramaturgical Look at InterviewingDramaturgy and InterviewingTypes of InterviewsThe Data Collection InstrumentGuideline DevelopmentCommunicating EffectivelyA Few Common Problems in Question FormulationPretesting the ScheduleLong Versus Short InterviewsTelephone InterviewsComputer Assisted InterviewingConducting an Interview: A Natural or an Unnatural Communication?The Dramaturgical InterviewThe Interviewer's RepertoireKnow Your AudienceAnalyzing Data Obtained from the Dramaturgical InterviewTrying It OutChapter 5: Focus Group InterviewingWhat are Focus Groups?Working With a GroupThe Evolution of Focus Group InterviewsFacilitating Focus Group Dynamics: How Focus Groups WorkThe Moderator's GuideBasic Ingredients in Focus GroupsAnalyzing Focus Group DataConfidentiality and Focus Group InterviewsRecent Trends in Focus Groups: Online Focus GroupsTrying It OutChapter 6: Ethnographic Field StrategiesAccessing a Field Setting: Getting InReflectivity and EthnographyCritical EthnographyBecoming InvisibleOther Dangers During Ethnographic ResearchWatching, Listening, and LearningHow to Learn: What to Watch and Listen ForComputers and EthnographyOnLine EthnographyAnalyzing Ethnographic DataOther Analysis Strategies: Typologies, Sociograms, and MetaphorsDisengaging: Getting OutTrying It OutChapter 7: Action ResearchThe Basics of Action ResearchIdentifying the Research Question(s)Gathering the Information to Answer the Question(s)Analyzing and Interpreting the InformationSharing the Results with the ParticipantsWhen to Use and When Not to Use Action ResearchThe Action Researcher's RoleTypes of Action ResearchPhotovoice and Action ResearchAction Research: A ReiterationTrying It OutChapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures in ResearchArchival StrategiesPhysical Erosion and accretion: Human Traces as Data SourcesTrying It OutChapter 9: Social Historical Research and Oral TraditionsWhat Is Historical Research?Life Histories and Social HistoryWhat Are the Sources of Data for Historical Researchers?Doing Historiography: Tracing Written History as DataWhat Are Oral Histories?Trying It OutChapter 10: Case StudiesThe Nature of Case StudiesTheory and Case StudiesThe Individual Case StudyIntrinsic, Instrumental, and Collective Case StudiesCase Study Design TypesDesigning Case StudiesThe Scientific Benefit of Case StudiesCase Studies of OrganizationsCase Studies of CommunitiesTrying It OutChapter 11: An Introduction to Content AnalysisWhat is Content Analysis?Analysis of Qualitative DataContent Analysis as a TechniqueContent Analysis: Quantitative or Qualitative?Communication ComponentsWhat to Count: Levels and Units of AnalysisCategory Development: Building Grounded TheoryDiscourse Analysis and Content AnalysisOpen CodingCoding FramesStages in the Content Analysis ProcessStrengths and Weaknesses of the Content Analysis ProcessComputers and Qualitative AnalysisQualitative Research at the Speed of LightTrying It OutChapter 12: Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the SoupPlagiarism: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Avoid ItIdentifying the Purpose of the Writing: Arranging the NoodlesDelineating a Supportive Structure: Visual Signals for the ReaderTerms and ConditionsPresenting Research MaterialA Word About the Content of Papers and ArticlesWrite It, Rewrite It, Then Write It Again!A Few Writing HintsA Final Note
