Qualitative Research Methods
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Qualitative Research Methods

Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact

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eBook - ePub

Qualitative Research Methods

Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact

About this book

Step-by-step advice for constructing a qualitative project from beginning to end, covering both foundational theory and real-world application

Qualitative Research Methods: Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact guides you through sequential stages of a qualitative research project, from project design and data collection to analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Drawing on her background in qualitative research methods and human communication, Sarah J. Tracy shares personal and backstage stories while showing you how to code data, craft meaningful claims, develop theoretical explanations, and communicate research that impacts key stakeholders.

Employing a practical, problem-based contextual approach, the third edition of Qualitative Research Methods incorporates developments in textual, media, visual, arts-based, and digital analysis. New coverage includes social media data-scraping techniques, AI and ChatGPT, fieldwork and interviewing, digital ethnography, working with neurodivergent populations, adopting digital and traditional archival approaches, and much more. This edition includes a wealth of new examples, case studies, discussion questions, full-color visuals, and hands-on "Project Building Blocks" activities you can use at any stage of your qualitative research project.

Supported by a companion website containing extensive teaching and learning tools, Qualitative Research Methods: Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact is an indispensable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty across multiple disciplines, as well as researchers, ethnographers, and user experience professionals looking to hone their methodological practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Preface Is this book for me?
  7. About the Companion Website
  8. CHAPTER 1: The impact and power of qualitative methods
  9. CHAPTER 2: Entering the conversation of qualitative research
  10. CHAPTER 3: Paradigmatic reflections and qualitative research genres
  11. CHAPTER 4: Research design, sampling, research proposals, ethics, and IRB
  12. CHAPTER 5: Negotiating access and exploring the scene
  13. CHAPTER 6: Field roles, fieldnotes, and field focus
  14. CHAPTER 7: Interview planning and design
  15. CHAPTER 8: Interview practice
  16. CHAPTER 9: Phronetic iterative qualitative data analysis (PIQDA)
  17. CHAPTER 10: Advanced data analysis
  18. CHAPTER 11: A big tent model of qualitative quality
  19. CHAPTER 12: Theorizing and writing
  20. CHAPTER 13: Drafting, polishing, and publishing
  21. CHAPTER 14: Qualitative methodology matters
  22. Appendix A
  23. Appendix B
  24. Appendix C
  25. References
  26. Index
  27. End User License Agreement