Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches / John W. Creswell.

By:

Creswell, John W

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781412916066 (hbk.) :
9781412916073 (pbk.) :
1412916070 (pbk.) :
1412916062
9781412916066 (hbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

300.7 CRE

LOC classification:

H61 .C73 2006

Contents:

Philosophical, paradigm, and interpretive frameworks--Designing a qualitative study--Five qualitative approaches to inquiry--Five different qualitative studies--Introducing and focusing the study--Data collection--Data analysis and representation--Writing a qualitative study--Standards of validation and evaluation--Turning the story and conclusion.

Summary: This text compares and contrasts the five major qualitative traditions: biography, case study, ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenology. Five actual journal articles are reproduced in the appendix as examples of the different research designs.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	300.7 CRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		202970
Two Hour Loan	Nursing collection room AIT 2 Hour Loan	300.7 CRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		202969

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text compares and contrasts the five major qualitative traditions: biography, case study, ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenology. Five actual journal articles are reproduced in the appendix as examples of the different research designs.