Full Description
This innovative text explores qualitative research through a unique analytic lens and elaborates on methods in each chapter, showing that analysis is - in its broadest sense - a process undertaken throughout the entire research experience. Renowned authors Johnny Saldana and Matt Omasta prepare readers to work strategically with their empirical materials in their own fieldwork.
Contents
List of DisplaysPrefaceThe Organization and Through-Line of the BookThe Coauthors' ApproachTo the InstructorAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPART I-ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATAChapter 1-Introduction: Analyzing LifeIntroductionDeveloping Fundamental Qualitative Analytic SkillsOn Qualitative Data Analysis-and LifeClosure and TransitionResources for an Introduction to Qualitative AnalysisAnalytic ExercisesSample Data for AnalysisChapter 2-Analyzing Field SitesIntroductionOn CultureObservation SettingsThe Observer's FramesField NotesTechnical Matters of Fieldwork and Field NotesAnalyzing Observations of Social LifeClosure and TransitionResources for Participant ObservationAnalytic Exercises for Participant ObservationSample Field Notes for AnalysisChapter 3-Analyzing Documents, Artifacts, and Visual MaterialsIntroductionOn Values, Attitudes, and BeliefsAnalyzing Manifest and Latent ContentsThe Materials and Meanings of Human ProductionAnalyzing DocumentsAnalyzing ArtifactsAnalyzing Visual MaterialsThe Routines, Rituals, Rules, Roles, and Relationships in Documents, Artifacts, and Visual MaterialsClosure and TransitionResources for Analyzing Documents, Artifacts, and Visual MaterialsAnalytic Exercises for Documents, Artifacts, and Visual MaterialsSample PhotographChapter 4-Analyzing Interviews: Preparing, Conducting, and TranscribingIntroductionTypes of InterviewsParticipant SelectionInterview Preparation, Scheduling, and ArrangementsAsking QuestionsTranscribingClosure and TransitionAnalytic Exercises for InterviewingChapter 5-Analyzing Interviews: Condensing and CodingIntroductionInterview CondensationAnalyzing Interviews Through Codes and CodingClosure and TransitionResources for InterviewingAnalytic Exercises for InterviewingSample Interview TranscriptPART II-ANALYZING THE FRAMEWORKChapter 6-Analyzing Qualitative MethodologiesIntroductionTheoretical Premises of Qualitative ResearchA Rationale for Qualitative ResearchSelected Methodologies of Qualitative Research and AnalysisMixed MethodsOn GenresClosure and TransitionResources for Analyzing Qualitative Research MethodologiesAnalytic Exercises for Qualitative Research MethodologiesAppendix ReadingsChapter 7-Analyzing Qualitative Research DesignIntroductionResearching and Analyzing the TopicAnalyzing the LiteratureResearch QuestionsSite SelectionParticipant SelectionData Collection MethodsData Analysis MethodsPresentation ModesTimeline DesignConceptual FrameworksClosure and TransitionResources for Analyzing Qualitative Research DesignAnalytic Exercises for Qualitative Research DesignOutline for a Qualitative Research ProposalChapter 8-Analyzing Research EthicsIntroductionThe Rules of ResearchInstitutional Review BoardsResearcher and Participant RelationshipsAnalyzing Ethical AmbiguityClosure and TransitionResources for Research EthicsAnalytic Exercises for Research EthicsPART III-ANALYTIC ASSEMBLAGEChapter 9-Analytic Synthesis: Condensing, Patterning, and UnifyingIntroductionOn SynthesisCondensing Large Amounts of DataPatterning Textual and Visual MaterialsUnifying Seemingly Different ThingsClosure and TransitionAnalytic Exercises for Analytic SynthesisChapter 10-Analytic Synthesis: Understanding, Interpreting, and TheorizingIntroductionUnderstanding Social Processes of Human Action, Reaction, and InteractionInterpreting the Routines, Rituals, Rules, Roles, and Relationships of Social LifeTheorizingCAQDASOn Credibility and TrustworthinessClosure and TransitionResources for Analytic SynthesisAnalytic Exercises for Analytic SynthesisSample Data for Analytic SynthesisChapter 11-Analytic Write-UpsIntroductionStylistic Approaches to Research WritingOn Writing About the Major Elements of a StudyJournal Article Submission and PublicationClosure and TransitionResources for Analytic Write-UpsAnalytic Exercises for Write-UpsSample Abstracts for AnalysisChapter 12-Analytic PresentationsIntroductionPaper PresentationsPoster PresentationsDramatic/Staged ReadingsPresenting Data EffectivelyProfessional NetworkingClosure and TransitionResources for Presenting Qualitative ResearchAnalytic Exercises for PresentationsChapter 13-Closure: Leading an Analytic LifeIntroductionLearning More About Qualitative ResearchOn Professional DevelopmentAnalysis as a Lens, Filter, and Angle on LifeClosureResources for Leading an Analytic LifeAnalytic Exercises for Leading an Analytic LifeAppendix-Three Representative Articles in Qualitative ResearchIntroduction"On the Bus With Vonnie Lee: Explorations in Life History and Metaphor"Discussion Topics and Activities for "On the Bus With Vonnie Lee""Nightmares, Demons, and Slaves: Exploring the Painful Metaphors of Workplace Bullying"Discussion Topics and Activities for "Nightmares, Demons, and Slaves""'They Think Minority Means Lesser Than': Black Middle-Class Sons and Fathers Resisting Microaggressions in the School"Discussion Topics and Activities for "They Think Minority Means Lesser Than"GlossaryReferencesIndex
