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Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind
Written in Johnny Saldaña′s elegant and accessible style, Thinking Methods of Mind boldly pursues the challenge of teaching students not just how to collect and analyze data, but how to actively think about them. Each chapter presents one "method of mind" (thinking analytically, realistically, symbolically, ethically, multidisciplinarily, artistically, summarily, interpretively, and narratively), together with applications, a vignette or story related to the thinking modality, points to remember, and exercises. Designed to help researchers "rise above the data," the book explores how qualitative research designs, data collection, data analyses, and write-ups can be enriched through over 60 different lenses, filters, and angles on social life. Venturing into more evocative and multidimensional ways to examine the complex patterns of daily living, the book reveals how the researcher′s mind thinks heuristically to transcend the descriptive and develop "highdeep" insights about the human condition.
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237 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2014
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February 21, 2019
This is a great introduction to qualitative research and qualitative thinking.
This is not necessarily a how to guide on doing qualitative research. Rather it is a guide into qualitative thinking. There are other books on coding, interviewing and the more theoretical aspects of qualitative research.
But this is an excellent book to read if considering qualitative research as it helps adapt ways of thinking that are necessary in qualitative research. So much of our societies research is built on the quantitative side of things, that it is difficult to switch mental gears into a frame of mind that allows us to think analytically, realistically, symbolically, ethically, multidisciplinary, artistically, summarily, interpretively and narratively about our research.
Saldana dedicates a chapter to each of the mode of thinking listed above and how to incorporate those modes into qualitative research. Also provided are real-world examples and further studies of these forms of thinking and how they might look in qualitative research.
It is also written in such a way that it is approachable for those who have never done, or have only done a little, qualitative research.
This is not necessarily a how to guide on doing qualitative research. Rather it is a guide into qualitative thinking. There are other books on coding, interviewing and the more theoretical aspects of qualitative research.
But this is an excellent book to read if considering qualitative research as it helps adapt ways of thinking that are necessary in qualitative research. So much of our societies research is built on the quantitative side of things, that it is difficult to switch mental gears into a frame of mind that allows us to think analytically, realistically, symbolically, ethically, multidisciplinary, artistically, summarily, interpretively and narratively about our research.
Saldana dedicates a chapter to each of the mode of thinking listed above and how to incorporate those modes into qualitative research. Also provided are real-world examples and further studies of these forms of thinking and how they might look in qualitative research.
It is also written in such a way that it is approachable for those who have never done, or have only done a little, qualitative research.
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