Summary
Contents
Subject index
There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce–to reintroduce–readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. Thoughtfully and painstakingly culled from over a thousand candidate articles by co-editors. Michael Huberman and the late Matthew B. Miles (co-authors of the seminal Qualitative Data Analysis), The Qualitative Researcher's Companion examines the theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives, and empirical approaches that are crucial to the understanding and practice of qualitative inquiry. Incisive, provocative, and drawn from across the many disciplines that employ qualitative inquiry, The Qualitative Researcher's Companion is a key addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the research act.
Theories and Analysis
In this first set of pieces, we look at issues surrounding the construction of concepts and theories. Conceptual frames are notoriously various, depending on their field of reference; unless they derive from large, formal theories, their genesis is often uncertain. Concepts may be the products of the researcher's personal or technical knowledge, prior experience, or even thought experiments. They may come at the outset of a study or progressively during it and may ...
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