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Print Price: $45.50

Format:
Paperback
192 pp.
5.5" x 8.25"

ISBN-13:
9780199737956

Publication date:
April 2011

Imprint: OUP US

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research

Johnny Saldana
Series Editor Patricia Leavy and Editor-in-chief Natasha Beretvas

Series : Understanding Statistics

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research approaches qualitative inquiry as a strategically selected composite of genres, elements, and styles. Saldana, author of the bestselling book, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, brings clear writing and explanatory prowess to this new textbook for learning the fundamentals of qualitative research methods.

This book presents a concise yet rigorous description of how to design and conduct fieldwork projects and how to examine data in multiple ways for interpretive insight. Saldana, a master teacher and qualitative data analyst, acquaints readers with the major genres of qualitative research available and the elements of interviewing, participant observation, and other data collection methods to inform emergent research design decisions. An extended chapter on qualitative data analysis is one of the book's unique features. Saldana devotes necessary coverage to conceptual foundations, coding, analytic memo writing, thematic analysis, assertion development, grounded theory, narrative and poetic inquiry, and ethnodramatic approaches to the data. Eight distinctive styles of qualitative writing are presented. The book concludes with a list of recommended readings in the field, as well as additional resources on organizations and associations dedicated to qualitative research.

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research is an ideal introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in education, sociology, psychology, anthropology, human communication, and health care.

Readership : Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in qualitative research courses in the fields of education, sociology, psychology, anthropology, human communication, and health care.

1. Genres, Elements, and Styles Qualitative Research
2. A Survey of Qualitative Data Collection Methods
3. Qualitative Research Design
4. A Survey of Qualitative Data Analytic Methods
5. Writing and Presenting Qualitative Research
6. Additional Readings and Resources in Qualitative Research

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Johnny Saldana is a Professor of Theatre at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 1981. He has been involved in the field of education as a teacher, drama specialist, and researcher. His research methods in longitudinal qualitative inquiry, ethnodrama, and coding have been applied and cited by researchers internationally to explore diverse social topics ranging from human development to health care.

Approaches to Qualitative Research - Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy
Qualitative Research Methods - Pranee Liamputtong
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology - Hugh Coolican
Item Response Theory - Christine DeMars
Understanding Measurement: Reliability - Patrick Meyer
Oral History - Patricia Leavy

Special Features

Elegant, concise, and pragmatic overview of qualitative research.
Written by the author of the best-selling book, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers.
Includes an extensive chapter on qualitative data analysis.
Eight distinctive styles of qualitative writing are presented.