
Rocking Qualitative Social Science
An Irreverent Guide to Rigorous Research
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Unlike other athletes, the rock climber tends to disregard established norms of style and technique, doing whatever she needs to do to get to the next foothold. This figure provides an apt analogy for the scholar at the center of this unique book. In Rocking Qualitative Social Science, Ashley Rubin provides an entertaining treatise, corrective vision, and rigorously informative guidebook for qualitative research methods that have long been dismissed in deference to traditional scientific methods. Recognizing the steep challenges facing many, especially junior, social science scholars who struggle to adapt their research models to narrowly defined notions of "right," Rubin argues that properly nourished qualitative research can generate important, creative, and even paradigm-shifting insights. This book is designed to help people conduct good qualitative research, talk about their research, and evaluate other scholars' work. Drawing on her own experiences in research and life, Rubin provides tools for qualitative scholars, synthesizes the best advice, and addresses the ubiquitous problem of anxiety in academia. Ultimately, this book argues that rigorous research can be anything but rigid.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction to Dirtbagging
- 2. Topo: What Exactly Are Qualitative Methods?
- 3. Picking Your Proj: Identifying Your Research Question
- 4. On Belay: Connecting Your Work to an Anchor
- 5. Mapping out the Route: How and When Research Design Matters
- 6. Starting on the Right Foot: Making and Justifying Your Case Selection
- 7. Flaking out the Rope: How to Check Your Sample
- 8. Bivvy Time: The Fieldwork Model of Data Collection
- 9. The Crux: Content Analysis, Analytic Memos, and Other Tricks
- 10. Placing Pro: Making Causal Claims with Qualitative Data
- 11. Living on the Sharp End: Dealing with Skeptics of Qualitative Research
- 12. The Sweeper
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index