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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graue, M. Elizabeth, 1956-

Trainor, Audrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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, an

Contents:

Reviewing Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Standing at the Corner of Epistemology Ave, Theoretical Trail, Methodology Blvd, and Methods Street: The Intersections of Qualitative Research; 3 Action Research; 4 Autoethnography; 5 Case Studies; 6 Critical Discourse Analysis; 7 Ethnography; 8 The Grounded Theory Method; 9 Interview Research; 10 Mixed Methods; 11 Oral History, Life History, and Biography; 12 Narrative Inquiry; 13 Phenomenology; 14 Poetics and Performance; 15 Positional and Identity-Based Theories of Research

Notes on ContributorsIndex

Notes:

"A guide for researchers and reviewers."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-69923-6

0-203-81332-4

1-299-27854-X

1-136-69924-4

9780203813324

OCLC:

830161500