Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
The Search for Meanings
3rd Edition
Published on 13. February 1998
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-471-16868-3 (ISBN)
Description
This third edition of a best-seller features new material on the latest developments and directions in qualitative research--including such subjects as feminist methodology, postmodernism, phenomenology, and cultural anthropology. New sections on evaluation research will make the book attractive for professionals in education, nursing, social work, and gerontology, as well as those in psychology.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
702 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-16868-3 (9780471168683)
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The Search for Meanings
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Persons
STEVEN J. TAYLOR is Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education and Sociology and Director of the Center on Human Policy, a disability research and policy institute, at Syracuse University. He has published widely on qualitative sociology, social and cultural aspects of disability, and disability policy. He is the Editor of Mental Retardation, a journal published by the American Association on Mental Retar-dation (AAMR), and received AAMR's 1997 Research Award. ROBERT BOGDAN is Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education and Sociology at Syracuse University. He also serves as Director of the Social Sciences Doctoral Program and is a long-time associate of the Center on Human Policy. He has published numerous books and articles on qualitative research methods, disability studies, and the sociology of education. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book Freak Show.
Content
Part I. AMONG THE PEOPLE: HOW TO CONDUCT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH' Chapter 1. Introduction: Go to the People Chapter 2. Participant Observation: Pre-Fieldwork Chapter 3. Participant Observation: In the Field Chapter 4. In-Depth Interviewing Chapter 5. Montage: Discovering Methods Chapter 6. Working with Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research' Part II. WRITING QUALITATIVE STUDIES' Chapter 7. Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies Chapter 8. The Autobiography of Jane Fry Chapter 9. "They're Not Like You and Me": Institutional Attendants' Perspectives on Residents Chapter 10. Invisible Women, Invisible Work: Women's Caring Work in Developmental Disability Services Chapter 11. "Children's Division is Coming to Take Pictures": Life in a Family with Mental Retardation and Disabilities Chapter 12. The Social Construction of Humanness: Relationships with People with Severe Retardation Chapter 13. Closing Remarks '