Qualitative literacy : a guide to evaluating ethnographic and interview research / Mario Luis Small, Jessica McCrory Calarco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Mario Luis, author.

Calarco, Jessica, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Qualitative research--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Interviewing--Methodology.

Interviewing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Suppose you were given two qualitative studies: one is a piece of empirically sound social science and the other, though interesting and beautifully written, is not. How would you tell the difference? Qualitative Literacy presents criteria to assess qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviewing and participant observation. Qualitative research is indispensable to the study of inequality, poverty, education, public health, immigration, the family, and criminal justice. Each of the hundreds of ethnographic and interview studies published yearly on these issues is scientifically either sound or unsound. This guide provides social scientists, researchers, students, evaluators, policy makers, and journalists with the tools needed to identify and evaluate quality in field research.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Cognitive Empathy

Heterogeneity

Palpability

Follow-Up

Self-Awareness

Conclusion

Appendix: A Note on Proposals

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780520390676

0520390679

OCLC:

1303569669