A guide to qualitative field research. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carol A. Bailey.
• Authors: Bailey, Carol A, 1950-
• Contents: List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1. Introduction to Qualitative Field Research; Objectives; Overview; Examples of Field Research; Major Features of Field Research; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 2. Ethics; Objectives; Informed Consent; Deception; Confidentiality; Relationships; Ethics in Virtual Field Research; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 3. Topic, Purpose, and Research Questions; Objectives; Research Topic; Purpose of Research; Research Questions; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 4. Theory and Review of Literature; Objectives; Concepts; Theory; Review of Literature; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 5. Paradigms, Research Design, and Introduction to Methodology; Objectives; Proposal; Paradigms; Research Design; Methodology; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 6. From Gaining Entrée to Exiting the Field; Objectives; Gaining Entrée and Gatekeepers; Preparations; Arrival in the Field; Key Actors; Field Relationships; Time in the Field; Leaving the Field; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 7. Observations; Objectives; Should I Conduct Covert or Overt Observations?; Should I Only Observe or Participate Fully When Observing?; Where Should I Observe?; Should My Observations Be Structured or Unstructured?; What Should I Observe?; Research Questions; Unit of Analysis; Ethics; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 8. Interviews; Objectives; Types of Interviews; Question Construction; Interview Questions and Research Questions; Location of the Interview; Rapport; Ethics; Status Characteristics; Alternatives to Face-to-Face Interviews; After the Interview; Sampling; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 9. Field Notes; Objectives; Purposes of Field Notes; Taking Field Notes; Field Note Content; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommend Reading; Chapter 10. Procedures for Increasing Validity and Trustworthiness; Objectives; Validity and Trustworthiness; Strategies for Enhancing Validity and Trustworthiness; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 11. Introduction to Analysis and Coding; Objectives; Analysis; Coding; Practical Aspects of Coding; Coding and Grounded Theory; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 12. Descriptions and Typologies; Objectives; Descriptions; Typologies; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 13. Thematic Analysis; Objectives; Purposes of a Thematic Analysis; What Are Themes?; Identifying Versus Emerging Themes; Overarching Themes; Topical Themes; Interpretation; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; Chapter 14. Research Stories and Critical Events and Cases; Objectives; Elements in a Research Story; Critical Events and Cases; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommend Reading; Chapter 15. Writing and the Final Paper; Objectives; Writing Process; Writing Styles Used in Final Papers; Format of a Final Paper; Putting It All Together; Conclusions; Chapter Highlights; Exercises; Online and Recommended Reading; References; Glossary; Index;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.723; Social sciences -- Field work; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506307015
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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