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245 1 3 _aAn Introduction to Qualitative Research
250 _a4th ed.
260 _aLos Angeles:
_bSage ,
_c2009.
300 _axxvii, 587 p.
_c24 cm
500 _aPrevious edition of this translation: 2009.
505 0 _aPART 1 FRAMEWORK 1 Guide to This Book Approach of the Book Structure of the Book Special Features of the Book How to Use this Book 2 Qualitative Research: why and How to Do It The Relevance of Qualitative Research Limits of Quantitative Research as a Starting Point Essential Features of Quahtative Research A Brief History of Qualitative Research Qualitative Research at the End of Modernity 3 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Relations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Research in One Design Combining Quahtative and Quantitative Data Combining Quahtative and Quantitative Methods Linking Quahtative and Quantitative Results Research Evaluation and Generahzation Current Discussions about Quahtative and Quantitative Research Appropriateness of the Methods as a Point of Reference 4 Ethics of Qualitative Research A Need for Ethics in Research and the Ethical Dilemmas of Quahtative Research Viil AN INTRODUCTION TO QUAUTATIVE RESEARCH Codes of Ethics—^An Answer to All Questions? Ethics Committees—^A Solution? How to Act Ethically in Your Quahtative Research Qualitative Research Ethics—Necessary for Better Research PART 2 FROM THEORY TO TEXT 5 Making Use of the Literature in Qualitative Research How and When to Use the Literature How to Use the Theoretical Literature about the Topic ofYour Study The Use ofTheories How to Use the Empirical Literature about EarUer Research in the Same Field or Similar Fields How to Use the Methodological Literature How to Use the Literature When Writing about Your Study How and Where to Find the Literature 6 Theoretical Positions Underlying Qualitative Research Research Perspectives in the Field of Quahtative Research Subjective Meaning: SymboUc Interactionism The Making of Social Reahties: Ethnomethodology Cultural Framing of Social and Subjective ReaUty: Structurahst Models Rivalry of Paradigms or Triangulation of Perspectives Common Features of the Different Positions Feminism and Gender Studies Positivism and Constructionism 7 Epistemological Background: Construction and Understanding of Texts Text and ReaHties Text as World Making: First-Degree and Second-Degree Constructions oocial Constructions as Starting Points World Making in the Text: Mimesis Mimesis: Biography and Narrative PART 3 RESEARCH DESIGN 8 The Qualitative Research Process Research as Linear Process The Concept of Process in Grounded Theory Research CONTEN Linearity and Circularity of the Process Theories in the Research Process as Versions of the World Research Questions Cutting Questions to Size Specifying an Area of Interest and Delimiting the Issue Sensitizing Concepts and the Triangulation of Perspectives Types of Research Questions 10 Entering the Field Expectations of Qualitative Researchers and the Problem of Access Role Definitions in Entering an Open Field Access to Institutions Access to Individuals Strangeness and Familiarity 11 Sampling Samphng Decisions in the Research Process A Priori Determination of the Sample Structure Gradual Definition of the Sample Structure: Theoretical Samphng Gradual Selection as a General Principle in Quahtative Research Purposive Samphng Width or Depth as Aims of Samphng Case Constitution in the Sample 12 How to Design Qualitative Research: An Overview How to Plan and Construct Designs in Quahtative Research Short Cut Strategies Basic Designs Case Studies Comparative Studies Retrospective Studies Snapshots: Analysis of State and Process at the Time of the Investigation Longitudinal Studies Starting Points for Selecting a Research Design First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches X AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Second Point of Reference; The Selection of the Design and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Approach to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Approach into the Research Process PART 4 VERBAL DATA 13 Interviews The Focused Interview The Semi-Standardized Interview The Problem-Centered Interview The Expert Interview The Ethnographic Interview Conducting Interviews: Problems of Mediation and Steering 14 Narratives The Narrative Interview The Episodic Interview Narratives between Biography and Episode 15 Focus Groups Group Interviews Group Discussions Focus Groups Joint Narratives 16 Verbal Data: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 5 OBSERVATION AND MEDIATED DATA 17 Observation and Ethnography Non-participant Observation Participant Observation Ethnography 18 Visual Data: Photography, Film, and Video Photos as Instrument and Object of Research Film Analysis as an Instrument of Research Using Video in Qualitative Research 19 Using Documents as Data What Are Documents? Using Documents as Data: More than Analyzing Texts Selecting Documents Constructing a Corpus The Practicahties of Using Documents 20 Qualitative Online Research: Using the Internet The Internet as an Object of Research Preconditions of Quahtative Online Research Transferring Quahtative Research and Methods to the Internet Onhne Interviewing Onhne Focus Groups Virtual Ethnography: Interaction and Communication in the Internet Analyzing Internet Documents Limits and Perspectives of Quahtative Onhne Research 21 Observation and Mediated Data: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 6 FROM TEXT TO THEORY 22 Documentation of Data New Ways and Problems of Recording Data Field Notes XII AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Research Diary Documentation Sheets Transcription Reahty as Text: Text as New Reality 23 Coding and Categorizing GroundedTheory Coding Thematic Coding Qualitative Content Analysis Global Analysis 24 Analyzing Conversation, Discourse, and Genres Conversation Analysis Discourse Analysis Genre Analysis 25 Narrative and Hermeneutic Analysis Analyzing Narratives Objective Hermeneutics Social Science Hermeneutics and Hermeneutic Sociology of Knowledge 26 Using Computers in Qualitative Analysis New Technologies: Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies Ways of Using Computers Why Use Software for Analyzing QuaHtative Data? Hopes and Expectancies Types of Software for Analyzing Qualitative Data Software for Analyzing Qualitative Data: How to Choose? Examples: ATLAS.ti, NUD*IST/NVivo, and MAXqda How to Use Software in Qualitative Research Software's Impact on Qualitative Research: Examples 27 Text Interpretation: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Application Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 7 GROUNDING AND WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 28 Quality Criteria in Qualitative Research Selective PlausibUization Reliability Validity Objectivity Alternative Criteria Criteria for Evaluating the Building ofTheories Traditional or Alternative Criteria: New Answers to Old Questions? Quality Assessment as a Challenge for Qualitative Research Quality Criteria or Strategies of Quahty Assurance? 29 The Quality of Qualitative Research: Beyond Criteria Indication of Quahtative Research Triangulation Analytic Induction Generalization in Quahtative Research The Constant Comparative Method Process Evaluation and Quahty Management 30 Writing Qualitative Research Pragmatic Function ofWriting: Presentation of Results Legitimizing Function ofWriting Reflexive Function ofWriting Dissolution of Social Science into Styles ofWriting? PART 8 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATION AND OUTLOOK 31 Qualitative Research at Work I: Grounded Theory Grounded Theory Methodology Grounded Theory Step by Step Grounded Theory as Systematization of Intuition Art and Method in Grounded Theory 32 Qualitative Research at Work II: Triangulation Triangulation Triangulation Step by Step XIV AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Stepping Stones in Using Triangulation Triangulation as Systematization of Using Qualitative Methods 33 Qualitative Research: State of the Art and the Future Qualitative Research at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century Methodological Developments and Trends How to Learn and How to Teach Quahtative Research The Future of Qualitative Research; Art or Method?PART 1 FRAMEWORK 1 Guide to This Book Approach of the Book Structure of the Book Special Features of the Book How to Use this Book 2 Qualitative Research: why and How to Do It The Relevance of Qualitative Research Limits of Quantitative Research as a Starting Point Essential Features of Quahtative Research A Brief History of Qualitative Research Qualitative Research at the End of Modernity 3 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Relations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Research in One Design Combining Quahtative and Quantitative Data Combining Quahtative and Quantitative Methods Linking Quahtative and Quantitative Results Research Evaluation and Generahzation Current Discussions about Quahtative and Quantitative Research Appropriateness of the Methods as a Point of Reference 4 Ethics of Qualitative Research A Need for Ethics in Research and the Ethical Dilemmas of Quahtative Research Viil AN INTRODUCTION TO QUAUTATIVE RESEARCH Codes of Ethics—^An Answer to All Questions? Ethics Committees—^A Solution? How to Act Ethically in Your Quahtative Research Qualitative Research Ethics—Necessary for Better Research PART 2 FROM THEORY TO TEXT 5 Making Use of the Literature in Qualitative Research How and When to Use the Literature How to Use the Theoretical Literature about the Topic ofYour Study The Use ofTheories How to Use the Empirical Literature about EarUer Research in the Same Field or Similar Fields How to Use the Methodological Literature How to Use the Literature When Writing about Your Study How and Where to Find the Literature 6 Theoretical Positions Underlying Qualitative Research Research Perspectives in the Field of Quahtative Research Subjective Meaning: SymboUc Interactionism The Making of Social Reahties: Ethnomethodology Cultural Framing of Social and Subjective ReaUty: Structurahst Models Rivalry of Paradigms or Triangulation of Perspectives Common Features of the Different Positions Feminism and Gender Studies Positivism and Constructionism 7 Epistemological Background: Construction and Understanding of Texts Text and ReaHties Text as World Making: First-Degree and Second-Degree Constructions oocial Constructions as Starting Points World Making in the Text: Mimesis Mimesis: Biography and Narrative PART 3 RESEARCH DESIGN 8 The Qualitative Research Process Research as Linear Process The Concept of Process in Grounded Theory Research CONTEN Linearity and Circularity of the Process Theories in the Research Process as Versions of the World Research Questions Cutting Questions to Size Specifying an Area of Interest and Delimiting the Issue Sensitizing Concepts and the Triangulation of Perspectives Types of Research Questions 10 Entering the Field Expectations of Qualitative Researchers and the Problem of Access Role Definitions in Entering an Open Field Access to Institutions Access to Individuals Strangeness and Familiarity 11 Sampling Samphng Decisions in the Research Process A Priori Determination of the Sample Structure Gradual Definition of the Sample Structure: Theoretical Samphng Gradual Selection as a General Principle in Quahtative Research Purposive Samphng Width or Depth as Aims of Samphng Case Constitution in the Sample 12 How to Design Qualitative Research: An Overview How to Plan and Construct Designs in Quahtative Research Short Cut Strategies Basic Designs Case Studies Comparative Studies Retrospective Studies Snapshots: Analysis of State and Process at the Time of the Investigation Longitudinal Studies Starting Points for Selecting a Research Design First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches X AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Second Point of Reference; The Selection of the Design and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Approach to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Approach into the Research Process PART 4 VERBAL DATA 13 Interviews The Focused Interview The Semi-Standardized Interview The Problem-Centered Interview The Expert Interview The Ethnographic Interview Conducting Interviews: Problems of Mediation and Steering 14 Narratives The Narrative Interview The Episodic Interview Narratives between Biography and Episode 15 Focus Groups Group Interviews Group Discussions Focus Groups Joint Narratives 16 Verbal Data: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 5 OBSERVATION AND MEDIATED DATA 17 Observation and Ethnography Non-participant Observation Participant Observation Ethnography 18 Visual Data: Photography, Film, and Video Photos as Instrument and Object of Research Film Analysis as an Instrument of Research Using Video in Qualitative Research 19 Using Documents as Data What Are Documents? Using Documents as Data: More than Analyzing Texts Selecting Documents Constructing a Corpus The Practicahties of Using Documents 20 Qualitative Online Research: Using the Internet The Internet as an Object of Research Preconditions of Quahtative Online Research Transferring Quahtative Research and Methods to the Internet Onhne Interviewing Onhne Focus Groups Virtual Ethnography: Interaction and Communication in the Internet Analyzing Internet Documents Limits and Perspectives of Quahtative Onhne Research 21 Observation and Mediated Data: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Apphcation Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 6 FROM TEXT TO THEORY 22 Documentation of Data New Ways and Problems of Recording Data Field Notes XII AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Research Diary Documentation Sheets Transcription Reahty as Text: Text as New Reality 23 Coding and Categorizing GroundedTheory Coding Thematic Coding Qualitative Content Analysis Global Analysis 24 Analyzing Conversation, Discourse, and Genres Conversation Analysis Discourse Analysis Genre Analysis 25 Narrative and Hermeneutic Analysis Analyzing Narratives Objective Hermeneutics Social Science Hermeneutics and Hermeneutic Sociology of Knowledge 26 Using Computers in Qualitative Analysis New Technologies: Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies Ways of Using Computers Why Use Software for Analyzing QuaHtative Data? Hopes and Expectancies Types of Software for Analyzing Qualitative Data Software for Analyzing Qualitative Data: How to Choose? Examples: ATLAS.ti, NUD*IST/NVivo, and MAXqda How to Use Software in Qualitative Research Software's Impact on Qualitative Research: Examples 27 Text Interpretation: An Overview First Point of Reference: Criteria-Based Comparison of the Approaches Second Point of Reference: The Selection of the Method and Checking its Application Third Point of Reference: Appropriateness of the Method to the Issue Fourth Point of Reference: Fitting the Method into the Research Process PART 7 GROUNDING AND WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 28 Quality Criteria in Qualitative Research Selective PlausibUization Reliability Validity Objectivity Alternative Criteria Criteria for Evaluating the Building ofTheories Traditional or Alternative Criteria: New Answers to Old Questions? Quality Assessment as a Challenge for Qualitative Research Quality Criteria or Strategies of Quahty Assurance? 29 The Quality of Qualitative Research: Beyond Criteria Indication of Quahtative Research Triangulation Analytic Induction Generalization in Quahtative Research The Constant Comparative Method Process Evaluation and Quahty Management 30 Writing Qualitative Research Pragmatic Function ofWriting: Presentation of Results Legitimizing Function ofWriting Reflexive Function ofWriting Dissolution of Social Science into Styles ofWriting? PART 8 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATION AND OUTLOOK 31 Qualitative Research at Work I: Grounded Theory Grounded Theory Methodology Grounded Theory Step by Step Grounded Theory as Systematization of Intuition Art and Method in Grounded Theory 32 Qualitative Research at Work II: Triangulation Triangulation Triangulation Step by Step XIV AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Stepping Stones in Using Triangulation Triangulation as Systematization of Using Qualitative Methods 33 Qualitative Research: State of the Art and the Future Qualitative Research at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century Methodological Developments and Trends How to Learn and How to Teach Quahtative Research The Future of Qualitative Research; Art or Method?
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