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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol A Bailey |
| ISBN: | 1412936500 9781412936507 |
| OCLC Number: | 65165341 |
| Description: | xv, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 2. Ethical Issues in Qualitative Field Research Informed Consent ; Deception ; Confidentiality ; Institutional Review Board ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 3. Prelude to Qualitative Fieldwork: Selecting a Research Topic ; Ethical Issues ; Practicality ; Accessibility ; The Familiar Versus the Unfamiliar ; Record Keeping ; Goals and Research Questions ; Review of Literature ; Final Preparations ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 4. The Infrastructure of Qualitative Field Research: Paradigms: Positivist Paradigm ; Interpretive Paradigm ; Critical Paradigm ; Theory: Role of Theory ; What Is Theory? ; Traditions of Inquiry ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 5. Methodology: Sampling ; Gaining Entrée ; Arrival in the Field ; Key Actors ; Informed Consent ; Field Relationships ; Triangulation ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 6. Observations: Planning Observations: Covert or Overt Observations ; Participating While Observing ; Observation Boundaries ; Structured and Unstructured Observations ; Focus of Observations ; Observations of Physical Surroundings: Size ; Lighting ; Color ; Sounds ; Objects ; Smells ; Observations of Participants: Physical Characteristics ; Behaviors ; Body Language ; Verbal Behaviors ; Speech Patterns ; Observations of Actions ; Ethics ; Summary ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 7. Interviews: Unstructured Interviews ; Structured Interviews ; Semistructured Interviews ; Selecting the Appropriate Type of Interview ; Question Construction ; Framing the Interview: Locating of the Interview ; Interview Courtesy ; Ethics ; Status Characteristics ; Terminating the Interview ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 8. Field Notes and Leaving the Field: Content of Field Notes: Detailed Descriptions ; Things Previously Forgotten ; Analytic Ideas and Inferences ; Personal Feelings ; Things to Do ; Reflexive Thoughts ; Guidelines for Writing Field Notes ; Leaving the Field ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 9. Coding, Memoing, and Descriptions: Coding: Initial Coding ; Focused Coding ; Strategies for Improving Coding ; Memoing ; Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis ; Descriptions: Thick Descriptions ; Research Questions ; Summary ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 10. Typologies, Taxonomies, Visuals Representations, and Themes: Typologies ; Taxonomies ; Visual Representations ; Themes ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises -- 11. Story Telling, critical Events, and Analytic Induction: Story Telling: Plots ; Characters ; Place and Time ; Summaries and Scenes ; Dialogue ; Point of View ; Theme ; The Final Story ; Extended Example ; Critical Event ; Analytic Induction ; Interpretation ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises --- 12. Evaluation Criteria and Final Manuscript: Evaluation Criteria: Validity and Trustworthiness ; Internal Validity and Credibility ; External Validity, Generalizability, and Transferability ; Reliability and Dependability ; Objectivity, Value Neutrality, and Confirmability ; Strategies for Enhancing Validity and Trustworthiness: Member Checking ; Peer Debriefing and Expert Reviews ; Writing and Final Manuscript: Format of the Final Manuscript ; Reflexivity and ; Objectivity ; The Participants? Voices ; Ethics ; Conclusion ; Chapter Highlights ; Exercises. |
| Responsibility: | Carol A. Bailey. |
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