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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465622203321

Titolo

Reviewing qualitative research in the social sciences / / edited by Audrey A. Trainor and Elizabeth Graue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-81332-4

1-299-27854-X

1-136-69924-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraueM. Elizabeth <1956->

TrainorAudrey

Disciplina

001.4/2

Soggetti

Qualitative research

Social sciences - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A guide for researchers and reviewers."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reviewing Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Standing at the Corner of Epistemology Ave, Theoretical Trail, Methodology Blvd, and Methods Street: The Intersections of Qualitative Research; 3 Action Research; 4 Autoethnography; 5 Case Studies; 6 Critical Discourse Analysis; 7 Ethnography; 8 The Grounded Theory Method; 9 Interview Research; 10 Mixed Methods; 11 Oral History, Life History, and Biography; 12 Narrative Inquiry; 13 Phenomenology; 14 Poetics and Performance; 15 Positional and Identity-Based Theories of Research

Notes on ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Foundational characteristics of qualitative research include flexibility, variation in application, critique, and innovation all of which derive from its subjective roots in interpretivism and constructivism. While the scholars who design qualitative research projects envision these qualities as strengths, such a breadth of practices and the assumptions that undergird them may present challenges during the peer review process. As a result, those who review and consume qualitative research often have important and difficult-to-answer questions about



the project's design, strategies/tools, an