Designing Qualitative Research

by Catherine Marshall, Gretchen B. Rossman, Gerardo Blanco

Offering clear, easy-to-understand guidance on designing qualitative research, this fully updated Seventh Edition of Marshall and Rossman’s bestselling text retains the useful examples, tools, and vignettes that makes it such an outstanding resource. The book takes students from selecting a research genre through building a conceptual framework, data collection and interpretation, and arguing the merits of the proposal. Now featuring a new co-author, Gerardo L. Blanco, this edition includes more on the history and new emerging genres of qualitative inquiry, as well as a more sustained and deeper focus on social media and other digital applications in conducting qualitative research. New application activities provide opportunities for students to try out ideas, while timely vignettes illustrate the methodological challenges posed by the intellectual, ethical, political, and technological advances affecting society. PowerPoints to accompany this text are available on an instructor site.

Genres: Research, Design, Reference, Textbooks

344 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

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Reviews

[Noa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a clear and insightful textbook assigned in a qualitative studies class I took. I will likely reference it many times as I navigate writing proposals especially with a dissertation in mind.

[Andrew Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you want a quality Qualitative textbook, then…check out Creswell ha. No it was fine, but everybody cites Creswell in the QUAL world.

[Ahmad Bamieh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very rich and informative guide to design qualitative research. I read this book a few months before starting with my thesis. I used this book as a personal reference to guide me with the research part of my thesis. I recommend this book for university students.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Take your medicine.

[Davelowusa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice that it includes critical theory and many alternating viewpoints on how one might choose to design a qualitative proposal.

[Vincent Darlage · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a well-written, easy to understand book on qualitative research.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book about qualitative research methods.