Fundamentals of Qualitative Research

200 Pages·2011·3.07 MB·English

by  Johnny Saldana

fundamentals of

qualitative research
SERIES IN UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS
natasha beretvas Series Editor
SERIES IN UNDERSTANDING MEASUREMENT
natasha beretvas Series Editor
SERIES IN UNDERSTANDING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
patricia leavy Series Editor
Understanding Statistics Understanding Qualitative
Research
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Leandre Fabrigar and Oral History
Duane Wegener Patricia Leavy
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
Structural Equation Modeling Johnny Saldaña
Marilyn Th ompson
Computer-Assisted Analysis of
Qualitative Data
Understanding Measurement
Christina Silver
Item Response Th eory
Ethnography
Christine DeMars
Carol A. Bailey
Reliability
Patrick Meyer
Validity
Catherine Taylor
johnny saldaña

F U N DA M E N TA L S

O F Q UA L I TAT I V E
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Saldaña, Johnny.
Fundamentals of qualitative research / Johnny Saldaña.
p. cm.—(Understanding qualitative research)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-973795-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Social sciences—Research. 2. Qualitative research. I. Title.
H62.S31857 2011
001.4’2—dc22 2010029012

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acknowledgments

Th anks are extended to Patricia Leavy, series editor, for her gracious
i nvitation to participate in this venture; the Oxford University Press
production staff for their prepublication guidance; and my qualitative
research professors and mentors: Tom Barone, Amira De la Garza,
Mary Lee Smith, and Harry F. Wolcott.
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contents

CHAPTER 1 GENRES, ELEMENTS, AND STYLES OF
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
CHAPTER 2 A SURVEY OF QUALITATIVE DATA
COLLECTION METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
CHAPTER 3 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHAPTER 4 A SURVEY OF QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYTIC METHODS . . . . . 89
CHAPTER 5 WRITING AND PRESENTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH . . . . . 139
CHAPTER 6 ADDITIONAL READINGS AND RESOURCES
IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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fundamentals of

qualitative research