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A Guide to Qualitative Field Research
About this book
A Guide to Qualitative Field Research provides readers with clear, practical, and specific instructions for conducting qualitative research in the field. In the expanded Third Edition, Carol A. Bailey 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Table List
- Illustration List
- Illustration List
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- 1 Introduction to Qualitative Field Research
- 2 Ethics
- 3 Topic, Purpose, and Research Questions
- 4 Theory and Review of Literature
- 5 Paradigms, Research Design, and Introduction to Methodology
- 6 From Gaining Entrée to Exiting the Field
- 7 Observations
- 8 Interviews
- 9 Field Notes
- 10 Procedures for Increasing Validity and Trustworthiness
- 11 Introduction to Analysis and Coding
- 12 Descriptions and Typologies
- 13 Thematic Analysis
- 14 Research Stories and Critical Events and Cases
- 15 Writing and the Final Paper
- References
- Glossary
- Index