Qualitative Research Design An Interactive Approach 3rd Edition by Joseph Maxwell ISBN 1452285837 9781452285832

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ISBN 10: 1452285837 
ISBN 13: 9781452285832
Author: Joseph A. Maxwell

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the new Third Edition incorporates examples and hands-on exercises.

Qualitative Research Design An Interactive Approach 3rd Table of contents:

Chapter 1. A Model for Qualitative Research Design
The Organization of This Book
The Exercises in This Book
Notes
Chapter 2. Goals: Why Are You Doing This Study?
Personal, Practical, and Intellectual Goals
What Goals Can Qualitative Research Help You Achieve?
Notes
Chapter 3. Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?
The Value (and Pitfalls) of Research Paradigms
Experiential Knowledge
Prior Theory and Research
The Uses of Existing Theory
Concept Maps
Other Uses of Existing Research
Pilot and Exploratory Studies
Thought Experiments
Notes
Chapter 4. Research Questions: What Do You Want to Understand?
The Functions of Research Questions
Research Questions and Other Kinds of Questions
Research Hypotheses in Qualitative Designs
General Questions and Particular Questions
Instrumentalist Questions and Realist Questions
Variance Questions and Process Questions
Developing Research Questions
Chapter 5. Methods: What Will You Actually Do?
More and Less Structured Approaches
Negotiating Research Relationships
Site and Participant Selection
Decisions About Data Collection
The Relationship Between Research Questions and Data Collections Methods
Using Multiple Data Collection Methods
Decisions About Data Analysis
Strategies for Qualitative Data Analysis
Computers and Qualitative Data Analysis
Linking Methods and Questions
Notes
Chapter 6. Validity: How Might You Be Wrong?
The Concept of Validity
Two Specific Validity Threats: Bias and Reactivity
Researcher Bias
Reactivity
Validity Tests: A Checklist
Generalization in Qualitative Research
Notes
Chapter 7. Research Proposals: Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study
The Purpose of a Proposal
The Proposal as an Argument
The Relationship Between Your Research Design and Your Proposal Argument
A Model for Proposal Structure
Notes
Appendix A: A Proposal for a Study of Medical School Teaching
Appendix B: A Proposal for a Study of Online Learning by Teachers

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