A guide to qualitative field research
Title:
A guide to qualitative field research
JLCTITLE245:
Carol A. Bailey, Virginia Tech.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Third edition.
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2018]
Physical Description:
xix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781506306995
General Note:
Revised edition of the author's A guide to qualitative field research, 2007.
Abstract:
"[This book provides] instructions for conducting qualitative research in the field. [The author] gives increased attention to the early and last stages of field research, often the most difficult: selecting a topic, deciding upon the purpose of your research, and writing the final paper, all in her signature reader-friendly writing style. This edition features research examples from graduate and undergraduate students to make examples meaningful to fellow students; a new 'Putting It All Together' feature, with examples of how different parts of the research process interact; and more emphasis on the 'nuts and bolts' of research, such as what to include in an informed consent form, a proposal, and the final paper."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Introduction to qualitative field research -- Ethics -- Topic, purpose, and research questions -- Theory and review of literature -- Paradigms, research design, and introduction to methodology -- From gaining entre to exiting the field -- Observations -- Interviews -- Field notes -- Procedures for increasing validity and trustworthiness -- Introduction to analysis and coding -- Descriptions and typologies -- Thematic analysis -- Research stories and critical events and cases -- Writing the final paper -- References -- Glossary -- Index.