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README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods
Using a clear, conversational, and friendly approach, the Second Edition of README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods offers novice researchers a readable, practical "readme" guide to get them started in qualitative inquiry. In chapters full of practical advice, authors Lyn Richards and Janice M. Morse take the reader through the steps of research design, software choice and use, data making, coding, abstracting, and presenting a study.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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September 18, 2017
كتاب لطيف/خفيف. لا يناقش النظريات البحثية بعمق يشبه عمق كتاب
cohen،
لكن لطيف ككتاب مرافق. أعجبني مبدأ/فكرة/مصطلح الـ :
Methodological congruence
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مما اقتبسته:
"Although different qualitative methods may utilize similar strategies, how you think while using particular strategies differs."
Methodological congruence -> "that is, fit between the research question and the method; and, of course, fit among the method, the data, and the way of handling data."
"Qualitative research is not just a matter of performing techniques on data; rather, each qualitative method has a specific way of thinking about data and using techniques as tools to manipulate data to achieve a goal."
"Most qualitative research is done with more interpretive methods that move "up" from descriptions to theories about processes and experiences discovered. These are for projects aiming to see both "what is going on" and also what it means, or how it could be explained."
"The more descriptive methods are those whose primary goal is to describe a situation or phenomenon vividly and in detail, to give a clear picture of "what is going on. They are used when the researcher aims to reveal what is there, or link processes."
"In very different ways, such a combination of description and interpretation is offered by grounded theory and discourse analysis. Studies using either may draw on existing higher-level or may use their own data to discover and build new theory."
"Research questions in grounded theory are about process and change over time, and the methods of making and analyzing data reflect a commitment to understanding the ways in which reality is socially constructed. The assumption is that through detailed exploration, with theoretical sensitivity, the researcher can construct theory grounded in data."
"This [grounded theory] is an appropriate method for the researcher wishing to learn from the participants how to understand a process or a situation. The questions themselves suggest the examination of a process. Thus, grounded theory studies are usually situated in experiences in which change is expected, ..."
cohen،
لكن لطيف ككتاب مرافق. أعجبني مبدأ/فكرة/مصطلح الـ :
Methodological congruence
--
مما اقتبسته:
"Although different qualitative methods may utilize similar strategies, how you think while using particular strategies differs."
Methodological congruence -> "that is, fit between the research question and the method; and, of course, fit among the method, the data, and the way of handling data."
"Qualitative research is not just a matter of performing techniques on data; rather, each qualitative method has a specific way of thinking about data and using techniques as tools to manipulate data to achieve a goal."
"Most qualitative research is done with more interpretive methods that move "up" from descriptions to theories about processes and experiences discovered. These are for projects aiming to see both "what is going on" and also what it means, or how it could be explained."
"The more descriptive methods are those whose primary goal is to describe a situation or phenomenon vividly and in detail, to give a clear picture of "what is going on. They are used when the researcher aims to reveal what is there, or link processes."
"In very different ways, such a combination of description and interpretation is offered by grounded theory and discourse analysis. Studies using either may draw on existing higher-level or may use their own data to discover and build new theory."
"Research questions in grounded theory are about process and change over time, and the methods of making and analyzing data reflect a commitment to understanding the ways in which reality is socially constructed. The assumption is that through detailed exploration, with theoretical sensitivity, the researcher can construct theory grounded in data."
"This [grounded theory] is an appropriate method for the researcher wishing to learn from the participants how to understand a process or a situation. The questions themselves suggest the examination of a process. Thus, grounded theory studies are usually situated in experiences in which change is expected, ..."
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