Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and PracticeSAGE Publications, 2014 M10 29 - 832 pages Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new examples, stories, and cartoons; more than a hundred new summarizing and synthesizing exhibits; and a wide range of new highlight sections/sidebars that elaborate on important and emergent issues. For the first time, full case studies are included to illustrate extended research and evaluation examples. In addition, each chapter features an extended "rumination," written in a voice and style more emphatic and engaging than traditional textbook style, about a core issue of persistent debate and controversy. |
Contents
Strategic Themes in Qualitative Inquiry | |
Strategic | |
Fieldwork Module 7 Strategic Principles | |
Paradigmatic Philosophical and Theoretical | |
Ethnography and Autoethnography | |
Module 55 | |
Module 56 | |
Analysis Interpretation and Reporting | |
Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation | |
Identifying | |
The Intellectual and Operational Work of Analysis | |
Enhancing theQuality and Credibility | |
Logicaland Matrix Analyses and Synthesizing | |
Positivism Postpositivism Empiricism | |
Ethnomethodology Semiotics Symbolic | |
Systems Theory and Complexity Theory | |
Pragmatism Generic Qualitative Inquiry | |
Chapter4 Practical and Actionable Qualitative Applications | |
Qualitative Designs and Data Collection | |
Overview of Strategies and Options | |
Sampling Strategies | |
Fieldwork Strategies and Observation Methods | |
Module 54 | |
Causal Explanation Thorough Qualitative | |
Enhancing the Quality and Credibility | |
References | |
Module 80 | |
Module 81 | |
Module 82 | |