A Realist Approach For Qualitative Research

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A Realist Approach For Qualitative Research

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Author : Joseph A. Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2012

A Realist Approach For Qualitative Research written by Joseph A. Maxwell and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Education categories.

Are cultural and material phenomena equally real? How can one study the relationships between cultural constructions, social behavior and material conditions and draw a valid conclusion from the data? In contrast to interpretive or constructivist positions, realism supports the insights of critical theory in social and educational research regarding the relationships between actors' perspectives and their actual situations, while avoiding the epistemological objectivism associated with positivism and some forms of post- positivist empiricism. This book will explain how readers can use realism to conceptualize and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity.

Sampling And Choosing Cases In Qualitative Research

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Author : Nick Emmel
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2013-10-11

Sampling And Choosing Cases In Qualitative Research written by Nick Emmel and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-11 with Social Science categories.

All qualitative researchers sample, yet methods of sampling and choosing cases have received relatively little attention compared to other qualitative methods. This innovative book critically evaluates widely used sampling strategies, identifying key theoretical assumptions and considering how empirical and theoretical claims are made from these diverse methods. Nick Emmel presents a groundbreaking reworking of sampling and choosing cases in qualitative research. Drawing on international case studies from across the social sciences he shows how ideas drive choices, how cases are used to work out the relation between ideas and evidence, and why it is not the size of a sample that matters, it is how cases are used to interpret and explain that counts. Fresh, dynamic and timely, this book is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students engaging with sampling and realism in qualitative research.

Qualitative Research Design

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Author : Joseph A. Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2005

Qualitative Research Design written by Joseph A. Maxwell and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Reference categories.

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. A bestseller in its First Edition, this invaluable book presents an innovative approach to the components of design and how they interact with each other. The text presents a clear strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components and highlights key design issues. Based on a course the author taught for seven years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the work is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises.

Successful Qualitative Research

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Author : Virginia Braun
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2013-04-05

Successful Qualitative Research written by Virginia Braun and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-05 with Social Science categories.

This accessible, practical 'how to' guide provides students with a step-by-step toolkit of the why, when and how of qualitative methods, for anyone studying qualitative research or doing a research project.

Realistic Evaluation

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Author : Ray Pawson
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1997-04-23

Realistic Evaluation written by Ray Pawson and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-23 with Social Science categories.

Realistic Evaluation shows how program evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto′ and `handbook′ for a fresh approach. The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach `realistic evaluation′. The name reflects the paradigm′s foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developments in policy making that benefit programme participants and the public. Ray Pawson and Nicholas Tilley argue with passion that scientific evaluation requires a careful blend of theory and method, quality and quantity, ambition and realism. The book offers a complete blueprint for evaluation activities, running from design to data collection and analysis to the cumulation of findings across programmes and onto the realization of research into policy. The argument is developed using practical examples throughout and is grounded in the major fields of programme evaluation. This book will be essential reading for all those involved in the evaluation process especially those researchers, students and practitioners in the core disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology, health and education. `This book is a must for those engaged in the field, providing a fully illustrated text on evaluation with numerous examples from the criminal justice system. Unusually, it offers something for the academic, practitioner and student alike. I found Pawson and Tilley′s latest work on evaluation an enjoyable and informative read. For myself their "realistic evaluation" clarified and formalised a jumbled set of ideas I had already been developing. Although not everyone will agree with the methodology proposed by the authors, this book is a valuable read as it will cause most of us at least to review our methodological stance′ - International Journal of Police Science and Management `This is an engaging book with a strong sense of voice and communicative task. The voice is sometimes strident, but always clear. Its communicative qualities are evident equally in its structure: lots of signposting for the reader within and across chapters′ - Language Teaching Research `This provocative, elegant and highly insightful book focuses on the effective incorporation of actual practice into the formulation of evaluation methodology. What a pleasure to read sentences like: "The research act involves "learning" a stakeholder′s theories, formalizing them, and "teaching" them back to that informant who is then in a position to comment upon, clarify and further refine the key ideas". Pawson and Tilley have given us a wise, witty and persuasive account of how real practitioner experience might be encouraged to intrude on (and modify) researchers′ concepts about program processes and outcomes. This holds important promise for achieving something that is devoutly to be wished: closer interaction among at least some researchers and some policy makers′ - Eleanor Chelimsky, Past-President of the American Evaluation Association `This is a sustained methodological argument by two wordly-wise social scientists. Unashamedly intellectual, theoretically ambitious yet with a clear but bounded conception of evaluation. It is articulate, occasionally eloquent and always iconoclastic, whilst eschewing "paradigm wars". The Pawson and Tilley "realist" call to arms threatens to take no prisoners among experimentalists, constructivists or pluralists. It is the kind of book that clarifies your thoughts, even when you disagree with everything they say′ - Elliot Stern, The Tavistock Institute

Qualitative Research From Start To Finish First Edition

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Author : Robert K. Yin
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2011-09-26

Qualitative Research From Start To Finish First Edition written by Robert K. Yin and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-26 with Education categories.

This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehensive approach to doing qualitative research. The book offers a unique balance of theory and clear-cut choices for customizing every phase of a qualitative study. A scholarly mix of classic and contemporary studies from multiple disciplines provides compelling, field-based examples of the full range of qualitative approaches. Readers learn about adaptive ways of designing studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting findings. Key aspects of the researcher's craft are addressed, such as fieldwork options, the five phases of data analysis (with and without using computer-based software), and how to incorporate the researcher's “declarative” and “reflective” selves into a final report. Ideal for graduate-level courses, the text includes:* Discussions of ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, feminist research, and other approaches.* Instructions for creating a study bank to get a new study started.* End-of-chapter exercises and a semester-long, field-based project.* Quick study boxes, research vignettes, sample studies, and a glossary.* Previews for sections within chapters, and chapter recaps.* Discussion of the place of qualitative research among other social science methods, including mixed methods research.

The Sage Encyclopedia Of Qualitative Research Methods A L Vol 2 M Z Index

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Author : Lisa M. Given
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2008-08-21

The Sage Encyclopedia Of Qualitative Research Methods A L Vol 2 M Z Index written by Lisa M. Given and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-21 with Reference categories.

An encyclopedia about various methods of qualitative research.

A Realistic Approach To Qualitative Design

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Author : Joseph Alex Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: Sage Publications
Release Date : 2010-01-31

A Realistic Approach To Qualitative Design written by Joseph Alex Maxwell and has been published by Sage Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-31 with Social Science categories.

Are cultural and material phenomena equally real? How can one study the relationships between cultural constructions, social behavior and material conditions and draw a valid conclusion from the data? In contrast to interpretive or constructivist positions, realism supports the insights of critical theory in social and educational research regarding the relationships between actors' perspectives and their actual situations, while avoiding the epistemological objectivism associated with positivism and some forms of post-positivist empiricism. This book will explain how readers can use realism to conceptualize and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity.

Qualitative Inquiry

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Author : Lynn Butler-Kisber
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2010-02-17

Qualitative Inquiry written by Lynn Butler-Kisber and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-17 with Social Science categories.

Qualitative Inquiry unites the basics of research design in qualitative research with the practice of analysing qualitative data. This textbook addresses the theory and practice of choosing and designing a qualitative approach and methodological and analytical ramifications that follow from making such choices. It aims to set out the theoretical underpinnings behind different methodological choices and to help students then follow up on (and interrogate) such approaches. Qualitative Inquiry is the ideal starting point for students on research training courses who have opted to develop a qualitative research project. In it, Butler-Kisber introduces students to theory and then demonstrates this theory in practice by showing how a project is actually designed and actually analysed. This book examines theory, method and interpretation in a way that is meaningful to students and new researchers, as well as discussing newer, more avant-garde, developments in qualitative research in arts-based inquiry. It is essential reading for students who are seeking to make sense of their research and their developing theoretical standpoints.

Qualitative Research In Action

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Author : Tim May
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2002-03-20

Qualitative Research In Action written by Tim May and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-20 with Social Science categories.

This exciting new book brings together contributions from world-leading scholars as well as younger researchers and focuses on cutting-edge issues related to the practice of qualitative research in the field. It provides a forum for contributors to discuss the issues and processes which inform qualitative research in its various forms as based on fieldwork experiences. In achieving this in an accessible manner to both practicing students and researchers, it seeks to enable a dialogue over ideas and provide the reader with a "state of the art" overview of the topic from a contemporary perspective. Rather than being a "how to do" book, this volume should prove vitally useful for advanced students and researchers who wish to engage with those ideas and practices in terms of their applicability for an understanding and explanation of the place of qualitative research in the social sciences. It is also a forum in which leading scholars make an original contribution to the subject. Lively and highly readable throughout, Qualitative Research in Action will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and above in a variety of disciplines, as well as researchers who wish to engage with contemporary ideas and practices in relation to qualitative research.