Reviewing qualitative research in the social sciences / edited by Audrey A. Trainor and Elizabeth Graue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trainor, Audrey.

Graue, M. Elizabeth, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Foundational characteristics of qualitative research include flexibility, variation in application, critique, and innovation, all of which derive from its subjective roots in interpretivism and constructivism. While the scholars who design qualitative research projects envision these qualities as strengths, such a breadth of practices and the assumptions that undergird them may present challenges during the peer review process. As a result, those who review and consume qualitative research often have important and difficult-to-answer questions about the project's design, strategies/tools, and analysis, with few guidelines for gauging the merit of the work.

The mission of this book is to provide a useful guide for researchers, reviewers, and consumers who are charged with judging the quality of qualitative studies. In order to embrace the challenges and controversies that accompany this goal, the editors have solicited experts representing multiple disciplines and methods of qualitative inquiry. Their contributions represent the rich diversity in the field while simultaneously producing a pragmatic and useful guide. While it is neither possible nor desirable to compartmentalize qualitative approaches and issues into neatly organized categories, the construct of method has been chosen as a common organizing device.

The introductory chapter explains the need for such a book and underscores the foundational strengths of qualitative research: flexibility, variation, critique, and innovation. The remaining chapters review the principal approaches to qualitative research with care taken not to standardize, rigidly define, or oversimplify any approach. For ease of use, all methodological chapters are organized around the following elements of inquiry, which reviews tend to examine: definition, sampling, data collection, data analysis, representation, and congruency. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Audrey A. Trainor Trainor, Audrey A., Elizabeth Graue Graue, Elizabeth 1

2 Standing at the Corner of Epistemology Ave, Theoretical Trail, Methodology Blvd, and Methods Street: The Intersections of Qualitative Research / Elizabeth Graue Graue, Elizabeth, Anne Karabon Karabon, Anne 11

3 Action Research / Randy Stoecker Stoecker, Randy, Mary Brydon-Miller Brydon-Miller, Mary 21

4 Autoethnography / Christopher N. Poulos Poulos, Christopher N. 38

5 Case Studies / Catherine Compton-Lilly Compton-Lilly, Catherine 54

6 Critical Discourse Analysis / Rebecca Rogers Rogers, Rebecca 66

7 Ethnography / Nancy Kendall Kendall, Nancy, Miriam Thangaraj Thangaraj, Miriam 82

8 The Grounded Theory Method / Antony Bryant Bryant, Antony 108

9 Interview Research / Audrey A. Trainor Trainor, Audrey A. 125

10 Mixed Methods / Donna M. Mertens Mertens, Donna M. 139

11 Oral History, Life History, and Biography / Valerie J. Janesick Janesick, Valerie J. 151

12 Narrative Inquiry / D. Jean Clandinin Clandinin, D. Jean, Vera Caine Caine, Vera 166

13 Phenomenology / Eileen J. Porter Porter, Eileen J., Marlene Z. Cohen Cohen, Marlene Z. 180

14 Poetics and Performance / Monica Prendergast Prendergast, Monica, George Belliveau Belliveau, George 197

15 Positional and Identity-Based Theories of Research / Adrienne D. Dixson Dixson, Adrienne D., Vanessa Dodo Seriki Seriki, Vanessa Dodo 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415893473

041589347X

9780415893503

041589350X

9780203813324

0203813324

OCLC:

764304752