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Designing Qualitative Research
Offering practical answers to complex questions in qualitative research design
Providing students in applied social and behavioral science disciplines with invaluable guidance on developing and successfully defending qualitative research proposals, the Fifth Edition of this bestselling text offers expanded coverage of ethics, data analysis, and research design techniques. Authors Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman cover distance-based research (such as email interviews); the implications of postmodern turns; integrating archival material; and creative ways of presenting the research. The authors include updates to popular features, such as vignettes that illustrate the methodological challenges today's qualitative researcher face.
New to this Edition
An entire chapter devoted to ethical issues (as well as continuous coverage throughout the book)
Expanded discussions of internet ethnography, cultural studies, critical race theory, and queer theory
A greatly enhanced chapter on data analysis
This book is appropriate for all graduate-level Introduction to Qualitative Methods courses in education, nursing, sociology, human services, and other related fields.
Providing students in applied social and behavioral science disciplines with invaluable guidance on developing and successfully defending qualitative research proposals, the Fifth Edition of this bestselling text offers expanded coverage of ethics, data analysis, and research design techniques. Authors Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman cover distance-based research (such as email interviews); the implications of postmodern turns; integrating archival material; and creative ways of presenting the research. The authors include updates to popular features, such as vignettes that illustrate the methodological challenges today's qualitative researcher face.
New to this Edition
An entire chapter devoted to ethical issues (as well as continuous coverage throughout the book)
Expanded discussions of internet ethnography, cultural studies, critical race theory, and queer theory
A greatly enhanced chapter on data analysis
This book is appropriate for all graduate-level Introduction to Qualitative Methods courses in education, nursing, sociology, human services, and other related fields.
344 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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March 31, 2021
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.
November 13, 2022
If you want a quality Qualitative textbook, then…check out Creswell ha. No it was fine, but everybody cites Creswell in the QUAL world.
August 6, 2025
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.
January 25, 2011
Take your medicine.
February 5, 2012
Nice that it includes critical theory and many alternating viewpoints on how one might choose to design a qualitative proposal.
December 4, 2012
This was a well-written, easy to understand book on qualitative research.
July 3, 2013
Good book about qualitative research methods.
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