Handbook of Qualitative ResearchThe Handbook is the first attempt to synthesize the huge amount of activity and change there has been in recent years in qualitative research. Contributors to this authoritative volume come from a diverse range of disciplines and countries, making it an essential resource and benchmark for anyone doing work in this international, interdisciplinary tradition. The book moves from the theoretical to the specific, examining the various paradigms for doing qualitative work, the strategies developed for studying people in their setting, and a variety of techniques for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and reporting findings. Issues of history, ethics, settings and the future of the discipline - both in traditional and ap |
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... field - workers . The impact that the pres- ence of researchers has on the setting is related to the status and visibility of the field - workers . The " lone wolf " often requires no funding , gains easy access , and melts away into the ...
... field - workers . The impact that the pres- ence of researchers has on the setting is related to the status and visibility of the field - workers . The " lone wolf " often requires no funding , gains easy access , and melts away into the ...
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... Field to Field Texts What are normally called data — journal entries , field notes , photographs , and so on - are , for us , better thought of as field texts . They are texts created by participants and researchers to repre- sent aspects ...
... Field to Field Texts What are normally called data — journal entries , field notes , photographs , and so on - are , for us , better thought of as field texts . They are texts created by participants and researchers to repre- sent aspects ...
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... Field Notes and Other Stories From the Field A great deal has been written about field notes , the mainstay ethnographic data collection method ( Sanjek , 1990 ; Van Maanen , 1988 ) . Field notes may be written by researchers or by ...
... Field Notes and Other Stories From the Field A great deal has been written about field notes , the mainstay ethnographic data collection method ( Sanjek , 1990 ; Van Maanen , 1988 ) . Field notes may be written by researchers or by ...
Contents
Locating the Field | 19 |
Traditions Preferences and Postures in Applied Qualitative Research | 60 |
Reinventing Self and Other in Qualitative Research | 70 |
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