Qualitative research methods / by Monique Hennink, Ajay Bailey, Inge Hutter
- Author
- Hennink, Monique M.
- Published
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Bailey, Ajay, 1979- and Hutter, Inge
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction to the book -- Who is this book for? -- The qualitative research cycle -- The design cycle -- The ethnographic cycle -- The analytic cycle -- Structure of the book -- Features of the book -- 2.The nature of qualitative research -- What is qualitative research -- When to conduct qualitative research -- The underlying interpretive paradigm -- What is a paradigm? -- The interpretive and positivist paradigms -- Qualitative and quantitative research -- Verstehen and understanding -- The emic and etic perspectives -- Subjectivity and the need for reflexivity -- Our approach to qualitative research -- Evaluating quality -- pt. I The Design Cycle -- 3.The design cycle -- Introduction -- Formulating qualitative research questions -- Topic and purpose of the research -- Qualitative research questions -- Incorporating literature and theory -- Why theory is needed -- Refining research questions with theory -- Developing a conceptual framework -- Why a conceptual framework is needed -- Deductive and inductive conceptual frameworks -- Selecting a fieldwork approach -- Ethnography -- Participatory action research -- Mixing research methods -- Evaluating quality -- 4.Ethical issues in qualitative research -- Introduction -- What is ethics? -- Ethics in qualitative research -- Ethical issues in the design cycle -- Benefice -- Justice -- Ethical issues in the ethnographic cycle -- Participant recruitment -- Preparation for data collection -- Data collection -- Ethical issues in the analytic cycle -- Anonymity of participants and confidentiality of data -- Benefice -- Justice -- Evaluating quality -- pt. II The Ethnographic Cycle -- 5.Participant recruitment -- What is participant recruitment? -- Defining and refining the study population -- How many to recruit: the principle of saturation -- Recruitment goals -- Strategies for participant recruitment -- Gatekeepers -- Networks -- Snowball -- Advertisements -- Research-based recruitment -- Evaluating quality -- 6.In-depth interviews -- What is an in-depth interview? -- When to conduct an in-depth interview -- Purpose of an in-depth interview -- The cyclical nature of data collection -- Developing an interview guide -- Structure of the interview guide -- Question design -- Open questions and topical probes -- Pilot-testing -- Preparing for data collection -- Reflecting on subjectivity and positionality -- Conducting the interview -- Establishing rapport -- Increasing and maintaining rapport -- Asking and motivational probing -- Closing the interview -- Strengths and limitations -- Evaluating quality -- 7.Focus group discussions -- What is a focus group discussion? -- When to conduct focus group discussions -- The cyclical nature of data collection -- Developing the discussion guide -- Structure of the discussion guide -- Question design -- Translation -- Pilot-testing -- Preparing for data collection -- Group composition -- Group size -- Group location -- Conducting the focus group discussion -- Roles of the focus group team -- Importance of group interaction -- Managing group dynamics -- Group probing techniques -- Deference effect -- Post-discussion information -- Strengths and limitations -- Evaluating quality -- 8.Observation -- What is observation? -- When to conduct observation -- What to observe -- Actions and interactions -- Body language -- Place or social setting -- Types of observation -- Participant observation -- Non-participant observation -- Observation with visual aids -- Walk through the spaces -- Preparing and conduct of observation -- Reflecting on positionality -- Selecting a place -- Gaining access -- Appearance -- Pre-test yourself -- Writing an observation -- Field notes -- Field diary -- Strengths and limitations -- Evaluating quality -- pt. III The Analytic Cycle -- 9.Data preparation and developing codes -- Introduction -- The nature of qualitative data analysis -- Our approach to analysis -- Foundations of grounded theory -- Principles of grounded theory -- Process of grounded theory -- Inductive and deductive elements in analysis -- Data preparation -- Verbatim transcription -- Translation of data -- Anonymizing data -- Developing codes -- What is a code? -- Code development -- How many codes are enough? -- Inductive and deductive codes -- Strategies for developing deductive codes -- Strategies for developing inductive codes -- Making a codebook -- Coding data -- The process of coding -- How much text to code -- Consistency in coding data -- Evaluating quality -- 10.Textual data analysis -- Introduction -- Formulating a project-specific plan of analysis -- Searching data -- The cyclical process of analysis -- Thick description -- Making a `thick description' Comparison -- Categorizing and conceptualizing -- Categorizing -- Conceptualizing -- Theory development -- What is inductive theory? -- Why develop theory? -- How to develop theory -- Grounding theory -- Evaluating quality -- 11.Writing qualitative research -- Writing in qualitative research -- Who is the audience? -- Structure of writing -- Beginning to write -- Writing a methodology -- Presenting qualitative results -- Making an argument -- Approaches to writing results -- Using quotations -- Using visual formats -- Using words or numbers -- Reflecting context -- Writing mixed methods research -- Evaluating quality.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781412922258 (hbk.)
1412922259 (hbk.)
1412922267 (pbk.)
9781412922265 (pbk.)
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