TY  - GEN
AB  - This highly readable text demystifies the qualitative research process and helps readers conceptualize their own studies by organizing the different research paradigms and traditions into coherent clusters. Real-world examples and firsthand perspectives illustrate the research process; instructive exercises and activities build on each other so readers can develop their own proposals or reports as they work through the book. Provided are strategies for selecting a research topic, entering and exiting sites, and navigating the complexities of ethical issues and the researcher's role. Readers learn how to use a range of data collection methods including observational strategies, interviewing, focus groups, e-mail and chat rooms, and arts-based media and to manage, analyze, and report the resulting data. Useful pedagogical features include: *In-class and field activities to apply qualitative concepts. *Discussion questions, proposal development exercises, and reflexive journal activities. *Exemplary qualitative studies and two sample proposals. *Cautionary notes, or "Wild Cards," about possible research pitfalls. *Tables that summarize concepts and present helpful tips.
AU  - Hays, Danica G.
AU  - Singh, Anneliese A.
CN  - Ebrary
CN  - H61
CY  - New York :
DA  - c2012.
ID  - 452702
KW  - Qualitative research.
KW  - Qualitative research
KW  - Qualitative research
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=759921
N2  - This highly readable text demystifies the qualitative research process and helps readers conceptualize their own studies by organizing the different research paradigms and traditions into coherent clusters. Real-world examples and firsthand perspectives illustrate the research process; instructive exercises and activities build on each other so readers can develop their own proposals or reports as they work through the book. Provided are strategies for selecting a research topic, entering and exiting sites, and navigating the complexities of ethical issues and the researcher's role. Readers learn how to use a range of data collection methods including observational strategies, interviewing, focus groups, e-mail and chat rooms, and arts-based media and to manage, analyze, and report the resulting data. Useful pedagogical features include: *In-class and field activities to apply qualitative concepts. *Discussion questions, proposal development exercises, and reflexive journal activities. *Exemplary qualitative studies and two sample proposals. *Cautionary notes, or "Wild Cards," about possible research pitfalls. *Tables that summarize concepts and present helpful tips.
PB  - Guilford Press,
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2012.
SN  - 9781609184865 (electronic bk.)
T1  - Qualitative inquiry in clinical and educational settings
TI  - Qualitative inquiry in clinical and educational settings
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=759921
ER  -