A Guide to Qualitative Field Research
eBook - ePub

A Guide to Qualitative Field Research

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eBook - ePub

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Table List
  8. Illustration List
  9. Illustration List
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. About the Author
  13. 1 Introduction to Qualitative Field Research
  14. 2 Ethics
  15. 3 Topic, Purpose, and Research Questions
  16. 4 Theory and Review of Literature
  17. 5 Paradigms, Research Design, and Introduction to Methodology
  18. 6 From Gaining Entrée to Exiting the Field
  19. 7 Observations
  20. 8 Interviews
  21. 9 Field Notes
  22. 10 Procedures for Increasing Validity and Trustworthiness
  23. 11 Introduction to Analysis and Coding
  24. 12 Descriptions and Typologies
  25. 13 Thematic Analysis
  26. 14 Research Stories and Critical Events and Cases
  27. 15 Writing and the Final Paper
  28. References
  29. Glossary
  30. Index