A realistic approach to qualitative design / Joseph Maxwell.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2008.Description: 320 pISBN:- 9780761929239 (pbk.) :
- 9780761929222 (hbk.) :
- 0761929231 (pbk.) :
- 001.42 MAX
- H62 .M324 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.A realist stance for qualitative research -- 1.What is realism, and why should qualitative researchers care? -- 2.Meaning and culture and real -- 3.Causation is real -- 4.Diversity is real -- Part II.Realism and qualitative methods -- 5.The realities of research design -- 6.Research relationshps and data collection -- 7.real and virtual relatioinships in qualitative data analysis (with Barbara Miller) -- 8.Understanding, validity, and evidence -- Part III.Applications of realism in qualitative research -- 9.Explaining plains Indian social organization -- 10.Meaning and diversity in Inuit kinship and culture.
This title explains how readers can use realism to conceptualise and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity.