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Qualitative research : a guide to design and implementation

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Qualitative Research is the essential guide to understanding, designing, conducting, and presenting a qualitative research study. This fourth edition features new material covering mixed methods, action research, arts-based research, online data sources, and the latest in data analysis, including data analysis software packages as well as narrative and poetic analysis strategies. A new section offers multiple ways of presenting qualitative research findings. The reader-friendly, jargon-free style makes this book accessible to both novice and experienced researchers, emphasizing the role of a theoretical framework in designing a study while providing practical guidance.

Qualitative research reaches beyond the what, where, and when of quantitative analysis to investigate the why and how behind human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior, but this presents a number of significant challenges. This guide is an invaluable reference for students and practitioners alike, providing the deep understanding that this sometimes difficult area of research requires to produce accurate results. The book contains a step-by-step guide to analyzing qualitative data and an addendum for graduate students with a template for a thesis, dissertation, or grant application.

• Build a strong foundation in qualitative research theory and application
• Design and implement effective qualitative research studies
• Communicate findings more successfully with clear presentation
• Explore data sources, data analysis tools, and the different types of research

Table of contents

• Overview of the Contents
• Acknowledgments
• The Authors
• The Nature of Qualitative Research
• Where Does Qualitative Research Come From?
• Philosophical Perspectives
• Definition and Characteristics of Qualitative Research
• Basic Qualitative Research
• Phenomenology
• Ethnography
• Grounded Theory
• Narrative Inquiry
• Qualitative Case Studies
• When the Types of Qualitative Research Overlap
• Mixed Methods Research
• Action Research
• Critical Research
• Arts Based Research
• Selecting a Topic
• The Research Problem
• The Theoretical Framework
• Reviewing the Literature
• Sample Selection
• Interview Data
• Types of Interviews
• Asking Good Questions
• Beginning the Interview
• Interviewer and Respondent Interaction
• Recording and Transcribing Interview Data
• Observation in Research
• What to Observe
• Relationship Between Observer and Observed
• Recording Observations
• Online Observation
• Types of Documents and Artifacts
• Using Documents and Artifacts in Qualitative Research
• Limitations and Strengths of Documents and Artifacts
• Special Considerations in Dealing with Online Data Sources
• Beginning Analysis During Data Collection
• Managing Your Data
• How to Analyze Qualitative Data
• Computers and Qualitative Data Analysis
• Data Analysis and Types of Qualitative Research
• Validity and Reliability
• Internal Validity or Credibility
• Reliability or Consistency
• External Validity or Transferability
• How Ethical Considerations Relate to the Trustworthiness of Qualitative Research
• Preparing to Write
• Contents of a Qualitative Study Report
• Design of the Study (Chapters One and Two)
• Sample Selection (Chapter Four)
• Data Collection (Chapters Five, Six, and Seven)
• Data Analysis (Chapter Eight)
• Validity and Reliability (Chapter Nine)
• Researcher Bias and Assumptions (Chapter Nine)
• Subject Index
• End User License Agreement

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• Title: Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation, 4th Edition
• Author(s): Sharan B. Merriam, Elizabeth J. Tisdell
• Release date: August 2015
• Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
• ISBN: 9781119003618

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• Preface ix The Authors xvii PART ONE: THE DESIGN OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 1
• 1 What Is Qualitative Research? 3
• 2 Six Common Qualitative Research Designs 22
• 3 Expanding the Qualitative Paradigm: Mixed Methods, Action, Critical, and Arts Based Research 43
• 4 Designing Your Study and Selecting a Sample 73 PART TWO: COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA 105
• 5 Conducting Effective Interviews 107
• 6 Being a Careful Observer 137
• 7 Mining Data from Documents and Artifacts 162 PART THREE: ANALYZING AND REPORTING QUALITATIVE DATA 191
• 8 Qualitative Data Analysis 195
• 9 Dealing with Validity, Reliability, and Ethics 237
• 10 Writing Up Qualitative Research 267 Appendix: The Methodology Section of a Qualitative Research Study 293 Sharan B. Merriam References 301 Name Index 323 Subject Index 331.
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Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice

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This site is intended to enhance your use of  Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, Fourth Edition ,  by Michael Quinn Patton. Please note that all the materials on this site are especially geared toward maximizing your understanding of the material. 

Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this  Fourth Edition  illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new examples, stories, and cartoons; more than a hundred new summarizing and synthesizing exhibits; and a wide range of new highlight sections/sidebars that elaborate on important and emergent issues. For the first time, full case studies are included to illustrate extended research and evaluation examples. In addition, each chapter features an extended "rumination," written in a voice and style more emphatic and engaging than traditional textbook style, about a core issue of persistent debate and controversy.

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• David Silverman - Visiting Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and King’s College, London, Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths’ College, Visiting Professor Emeritus at Leeds University Business School and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology
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Written by leaders of qualitative methodology and edited by one of the biggest names in the field, this book provides up-to-date and interdisciplinary insight into a range of qualitative methods. Bringing together different perspectives, contributors discuss theoretical underpinnings of these methods before taking readers through the process of each approach and helping them develop skills needed to carry out this type of research autonomously and with confidence.

Highlights of this new edition include:

• New chapters on multimethod qualitative research, using digital data and video, and addressing social issues in research.
• More guidance on how to store and manage data appropriately.
• Advice on how to publish research in journals.

Full of practical tips, exercises and summaries, this book continues to be a masterclass in qualitative research for students and researchers across the social sciences and beyond.

This book of readings provides us with a wealth of varied advice enlightening the researcher about the exciting world of qualitative research. I recommend the book without hesitation.

David Silverman’s  Qualitative Research , now in its 5 th  edition, is a storehouse of readily accessible approaches to doing qualitative research. it combines in depth focus with broad coverage – an essential resource for researchers requiring up to date advice on the latest approaches to this burgeoning field of research and study.

The fifth edition of this advanced reader in qualitative methods has retained and added to its stunning line-up of authors, increasing and updating its breadth and depth to present leading accounts of the fast moving field of social media analysis and the use of video and other visual data, in addition to a wide range of other methods used by qualitative researchers. This book will really help qualitative researchers think through and enhance their practice and I recommend it

It provided me with ideas for further research in my field based on vi sual methods, internet communication, ethnography, and focus groups.

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Well thought out chapters. I feel like this is a book version of a research supervisor for qualitative research!

I dont like electronic books and many students do not either. However I do like David Silvermans work and for students who can work with electronic books I think this is a highly recommendable text

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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research

• Norman K. Denzin - University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, USA
• Yvonna S. Lincoln - Texas A&M University, USA
• Michael D. Giardina - Florida State University, USA
• Gaile S. Cannella - Independent Scholar
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This new edition of the SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research represents the sixth generation of the ongoing conversation about the discipline, practice, and conduct of qualitative inquiry. As with earlier editions, the Sixth Edition  is virtually a new volume, with 27 of the 34 chapters representing new topics or approaches not seen in the previous edition, including intersectionality; critical disability research; postcolonial and decolonized knowledge; diffraction and intra-action; social media methodologies; thematic analysis, collaborative inquiry from the borderlands; qualitative inquiry and public health science; co-production and the politics of impact; publishing qualitative research; and academic survival. Authors in the Sixth Edition engage with questions of ontology and epistemology, the politics of the research act, the changing landscape of higher education, and the role qualitative researchers play in contributing to a more just, egalitarian society.

To mark the Handbook’s 30-year history, we are pleased to offer a bonus PART VI in the eBook versions of the Sixth Edition: this additional section brings together and reprints ten of the most famous or game-changing contributions from the previous five editions. You can bundle the print + eBook version with bundle ISBN: 978-1-0719-2874-5.

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• 27 out of 34 chapters are new to the Sixth Edition
• New topics include intersectionality; critical disability research; postcolonial and decolonized knowledge; diffraction and intra-action; digital methodologies; collaborative inquiry from the borderlands; qualitative inquiry and public health science; co-production and the politics of impact; publishing qualitative research; and academic survival.
•   To mark the Handbook’s 30-year history, we are pleased to offer a bonus PART VI in the eBook versions of the Sixth Edition: this additional section brings together and reprints ten of the most famous or game-changing contributions from the previous five editions.

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A who’s who of methodologists, this book introduces students to the big picture of qualitative research, teaching both the ‘why’ and the ‘how to’ of getting started, selecting a method and conducting research and data analysis. With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.

New to the fourth edition:

• A streamlined structure to guide readers step-by-step through the research process
• Substantial new section with 4 chapters on how to collect and analyse online data
• A new chapter on reflexive ethnography
• More hands-on advice on how to conduct research at every stage, making this a perfect field handbook
• Updated reading lists provide a go-to guide to the literature and help improve citations

The most comprehensive qualitative research book available, this is the perfect all-in-one companion for any student embarking on a qualitative research course or project.

• ISBN-10 1473916569
• ISBN-13 978-1473916562
• Edition Fourth
• Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date August 16, 2016
• Language English
• Dimensions 7.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
• Print length 480 pages
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Many years of teaching how to do qualitative research to management and social science research students means that I always recommend David Silverman’s Qualitative Research as the the go to text. It is simply the best.

Want to understand qualitative research? This is the must-have book for you. This 4 th edition is unquestionably the very best work on qualitative research that I have read, with an expanded section on new technologies. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to students, researchers, policy makers and everyone with an interest in qualitative research.

About the Author

David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is now Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department as well as Visiting Professor in the Business Schools, King’s College, London, Leeds University and University of Technology Sydney and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations, shelters for homeless people and HIV-test counselling. He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.  Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in an old people’s home where he chats and sings with residents.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications Ltd; Fourth edition (August 16, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1473916569
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1473916562
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.23 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
• #941 in Social Sciences Research
• #5,518 in Core
• #7,270 in Social Sciences (Books)

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