Qualitative research : an introduction to methods and designs / Stephen D. Lapan, MaryLynn T. Quartaroli, Frances Julia Riemer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lapan, Stephen D.

Quartaroli, Marylynn T., 1950-

Riemer, Frances Julia, 1955-

ProQuest (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research.

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 526 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The authors--noted scholars and researchers--provide an up-to-date guide to qualitative study design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Step by step, the authors explain a range of methodologies and methods for conducting qualitative research focusing on how they are applied when conducting an actual study. The book includes methods of data collection, specific approaches to qualitative research, and current issues in the field. Specifically, chapters cover the methods, designs, and analyses related to the methodologies of history, case study, program evaluation, ethnography, autoethnography, narrative, life histories, emancipatory discourses, feminist perspectives, African American inquiry, indigenous studies, and practitioner qualitative research.

Contents:

pt. 1. A qualitative frame of mind

part 2. Drawing on the disciplines

part 3. Integrating the disciplines

part 4. Emancipatory discourses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

774281374

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.