The qualitative researcher's companion / A. Michael Huberman, Matthew B. Miles, [editors].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huberman, A. M.

Miles, Matthew B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, [2002]

Summary:

Qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce -- or to reintroduce -- readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. Thoughtfully and painstakingly culled from more than a thousand candidate articles, the selections in The Qualitative Researcher's Companion examine the theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives, and empirical approaches that are crucial to the understanding and practice of qualitative inquiry.

The selections include: -- Seminal pieces that challenge prior or contemporary orientations-- Discussions of persistent problems in qualitative research, such as sampling, researcher-informant interaction, condensation of information, tolerance of contradictions and paradoxes, and issues of generalizability-- Reports that document the use of long-standing methods in social anthropology, linguistics, narratology, and social phenomenology, along with some that illuminate underexamined assumptions-- As-yet "undiscovered" classics

Incisive, provocative, and drawn from the many disciplines that employ qualitative inquiry, The Qualitative Researcher's Companion is a key addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the research act.

Contents:

Building theories from case study research / Kathleen Eisenhardt

Understanding and validity in qualitative research / Joseph Maxwell

Ethnography and realism / Martyn Hammersly

Real men don't collect soft data / Silvia Gherardi and Barry Turner

The fact of fiction in organizational ethnography

John van Maanen

Intuitive data processing / D. Royce Sadler

Analytic ethnography / John Lofland

Increasing the generalizability of qualitative research / Janet Ward Schofield

Judging the quality of case study reports / Yvonna S. Lincoln and Egon gGba

Narrative analysis / Catherine K. Riessman

Empirical phenomenological analyses of being criminally victimized / Constance Fischer and Frederick Wertz

Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research / Jane Ritchie and Liz Spencer

Bounding the case within its context / Amy Stuart Wells ... [et al.]

Interpretive interactionism / Norman K. Denzin

Temporality and identity loss due to Alzheimer's disease / Celia J. Orona

Reflections and advice / Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761911901

076191191X

OCLC:

48618774