1st Edition

Beginning Qualitative Research A Philosophical and Practical Guide

By Pamela Maykut, Richard Morehouse Copyright 1994
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    The authors have focused this book on the serious, beginning, qualitative researcher - theoretically rigorous, yet with an understandable perspective.; The book has three main features. First, it provides a strong theoretical base for the understanding of competing research paradigms. Secondly, it features a "methods" section consistent with the non-linear nature of naturalistic inquiry, yet it allows the beginner to see direction. Thirdly, the authors include examples of actual research studies conducted (and completed) in a single year.

    Part 1 Philosophic underpinnings: Philosophic underpinnings: an overview; Before beginning research: a philosophic perspective; the qualitative posture: indwelling. Part 2 Designing qualitative research: an overview; generating ideas; building a sample; data collection in the natural setting: studying people, studying setting. Part 3 Data analysis: qualitative data analysis: an overview; qualitative data analysis using the constant comparative method; communicating the outcomes of qualitative research.

    Biography

    Pamela Maykut, Richard Morehouse