Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN : 9781506330198
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In the revised Fourth Edition of the best-selling text, John W. Creswell and new co-author Cheryl N. Poth explore the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of five qualitative inquiry approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. Preserving Creswell's signature writing style, the authors compare the approaches and relate research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry in a highly accessible manner. Featuring new content, articles, pedagogy, references, and expanded coverage of ethics throughout, the Fourth Edition is an ideal introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative inquiry.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN : 9781412916073
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"Creswell does an excellent job categorizing the various qualitative methods into five approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study...The author has expanded on and updated the information he presented in the first edition of the book (Creswell, 1998), including discussion of the various schools of thought that have developed among qualitative researchers since the mid 1990's...Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing among five approaches is a highly informative book; researchers will likely return again and against to the book as they expand their comfort zone within qualitative research." —Peggy M. Delmas, University of Alabama “Creswell has produced an even more outstanding and valuable text for qualitative research than the First Edition.” —Edith King, University of Denver Like the bestselling First Edition, this new version explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. Using an accessible and engaging writing style, author John W. Creswell compares theoretical frameworks, ways to employ standards of quality, and strategies for writing introductions to studies, collecting data, analyzing data, writing a narrative, and verifying results.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN : 9781412995313
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Civil rights rhetoric has been central to the debate over U.S. immigration policy since at least the 1960s. A coalition of interest groups, including churches, ethnic organizations, civil rights groups, and employer associations has played a fundamental role in advancing civil rights norms in the immigration arena. The growing importance of civil rights rhetoric in the debate over U.S. immigration policy, DeLaet asserts, helps to explain the liberalization of U.S. immigration policy in spite of growing evidence that the public opposition to immigration has grown during the same period. In turn, the liberalization of U.S. immigration policy has contributed to rising numbers of both legal and illegal immigrants. Thus, high levels of immigration reflect the basic provisions of current U.S. immigration policy, rather than a loss of governmental control. Many analysts have suggested that the immigration policy reforms passed by Congress in 1996 marked the beginning of a new era of restrictionism. However, as DeLaet illustrates, the new restrictions adopted in 1996 contain many of the same loopholes as previous legislation, indicating the coalition of interest groups supporting immigration still pose a significant obstacle to efforts to restrict immigration.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN : UCSC:32106018402054
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This book explores the philosophical underpinnings, history and key elements of five qualitative inquiry traditions: biography, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case study. John W Creswell relates research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry and compares each of the research strategies for theoretical frameworks, writing introduction to studies, collecting data, analyzing data, writing the narrative, and employing standards of quality and verifying results. Five journal articles in the appendix offer fascinating reading as well as examples of the five different qualitative designs.

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Author : Norman K. Denzin
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN : 9781452289205
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This book is the second of three paperback volumes taken from The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Fourth Edition. This volume isolates the major strategies—historically, the research methods—that researchers can use in conducting concrete qualitative studies. The question of methods begins with questions of design and the matters of money and funding. These questions always begin with the researcher who moves from a research question to a paradigm or perspective, and then to the empirical world. The history and uses of these strategies are explored extensively in this volume. The chapters move from forms (and problems with) mixed methods inquiry to case study, performance and narrative ethnography, to constructionist analytics to grounded theory strategies, testimonies, participatory action research, and clinical research.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN : 9781452226101
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The bestseller that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design continues in its Fourth Edition to help students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
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ISBN : 1506386768
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This best-selling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co-author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions, key elements of the research process, a review of the literature, an assessment of the use of theory in research applications, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry. New to this Edition: Updated discussion on designing a proposal for a research project and on the steps in designing a research study Additional content on epistemological and ontological positioning in relation to the research question and chosen methodology and method Additional updates on the transformative worldview Expanded coverage on specific approaches such as case studies, participatory action research, and visual methods Additional information about qualitative and quantitative data analysis, social media, online qualitative methods, and mentoring and reflexivity in qualitative methods Incorporation of action research and program evaluation in mixed methods and coverage of the latest advances in the mixed methods field Additional information about causality and its relationship to statistics in quantitative methods Incorporation of writing discussion sections into each of the three methodologies An invaluable guide for students and researchers across the social and behavioural sciences.

Author : John W. Creswell
Genre : Social Science
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN : UOM:39015058114763
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`It is a book that will stimulate the graduate student and provide a rich source of material for any teacher of research design′ - Qualitative Research Journal The book that has helped more than 80,000 students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis has been revised and updated while maintaining all the features that made the First Edition so popular. New in the Second Edition: every chapter now shows how to implement a mixed method design as well as how to tackle quantitative and qualitative approaches; ethical issues have been added to a new section in Chapter 3; writing tips and considerations have been expanded and moved to the first part of the book to ensure research plans and proposals start in the right direction; and, the latest developments in qualitative inquiry (advocacy, participatory and emancipatory approaches) have been added to Chapter 10. Writing exercises conclude each chapter so that readers can practice the principles learned in the chapter, and, if all the exercises are completed have a written plan for their study. In addition, numbered points provide a handy checklist for each step in a process and annotated passages help the reader′s comprehension of key research ideas.

Author : Leslie Goodyear
Genre : Education
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN : 9781118415252
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Integrate qualitative inquiry approaches and methods into thepractice of evaluation Qualitative inquiry can have a major effect on evaluationpractice, and provides evaluators a means to explore and examinevarious settings and contexts in need of rich description anddeeper understanding. Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: FromTheory to Practice explores the most important considerationsfor both students and evaluation professionals. Using variousevaluation theories and approaches as a springboard for real-worldpractice, this reference serves as an accessible text for beginningstudents and seasoned professionals alike. Readers are given anin-depth view of the key qualities and benefits of qualitativeinquiry, which also serves as a crucial counterpart to quantitativeanalysis. Chapters in part one focus on the foundations, core concepts,and intersection of evaluation theory and qualitative inquiry. Part two contains contributions from leading evaluators whosedesign, implementation, and reporting strategies for qualitativeinquiry are centered on common, real-world settings. Thesecase-based chapters point to the strengths and challenges ofimplementing qualitative evaluations. Key competencies forconducting effective qualitative evaluations are alsodiscussed. Explores the role of qualitative inquiry in many prominentapproaches to evaluation Discusses the method's history and delves into key concepts inqualitative inquiry and evaluation Helps readers understand which qualities are necessary to be aneffective qualitative evaluator Presents the viewpoints and experiences of expert editors andcontributing authors with high levels of understanding on thetopic Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: From Theory toPractice is a vital tool for evaluators and students alike whoare looking to deepen their understanding of the theoreticalperspectives and practice considerations of qualitativeevaluation.