Qualitative research methods for the social sciences

Each Chapter Ends with 'Trying It Out' and 'References' 1. Introduction2. Quantitative versus Qualitative Schools of Thought 3. Triangulation in Research4. Qualitative Strategies: Defining an Orientation5. From a Symbolic Interactionist Perspective6. Why Use Qualitative Methods? 7. Plan of Presentation8. Designing Qualitative Research9. Ideas and Theory10. Literary Review11. Framing Research Problems 12. Operationalization and Conceptualization13. Designing Projects14. Data Collection and Organization15. Dissemination16. Ethical Issues17. Research Ethics in Historical Perspective18. From Guidelines to Law: Regulations on the Research Process19. Institutional Review Boards20. Ethical Codes21. Some Common Ethical Concerns in Behavioral Research22. Physical and Ethical Dangers in Covert Research23. Informed Consent and Implied Consent 24. Confidentiality and Anonymity25. Securing the Data26. Objectivity and Careful Research Design27. A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing28. Dramatury and Interviewing29. Types of Interviews30. The Interview Schedule31. Schedule Development32. Communicating Effectively33. A Few Common Problems in Question Formulation34. Pretesting the Schedule35. Long versus Short Interviews 36. Conducting an Interview: A Natural or an Unnatural Communication37. The Dramaturgical Interview38. The Interviewers Repertoire39. Know Your Audience 40. Analyzing Data Obtained from the Dramaturgical Interview41. Notes42. Focus Group Interviewing43. What are Focus Group Interviews?44. The Evolution of Focus Group Interviews45. Advantages and Disadvantages of Focus Group Interviewing 46. Facilitating Focus Group Dynamics: How Focus Groups Work 47. Confidentiality and Focus Group Interviews48. Conclusion49. Notes 50. Ethnographic Field Strategies51. Accessing a Field Setting: Getting in 52. Becoming Invisible53. Other Dangers during Ethnographic Research54. Watching, Listening, and Learning55. Disengaging: Getting Out56. Note57. Sociometry58. What is Sociometry? The History and Purpose of Sociometric Strategies59. How Sociometry Works60. Applications of Sociometric Techniques61. The Sociogram 62. Note63. Unobtrusive Measures in Research64. Archival Strategies65. Physical Erosion and Accretion: Human Traces as Data Sources66. Historiography and Oral Traditions67. What is Historical Research? 68. Life Histories and Historiography69. What Are the Data of Historical Researchers? 70. Doing Historiography: Tracing Written History as Data71. What are Oral Histories 72. Case Studies73. The Nature of Case Studies74. The Individual Case Study 75. Intrinsic, Instrumental, and Collective Case Studies76. The Scientific Benefit of Case Studies77. Case Studies of Organizations78. Case Studies of Communities 79. An Introduction to Content Analysis80. Content Analysis as a Technique 81. Content Analysis: Quantitative or Qualitative? 82. Communication Components83. What to Count: Levels and Units of Analysis84. Sampling Strategies 85. Category Development: Building Grounded Theory86. Open Coding 87. Coding Frames88. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Content Analysis Process 89. Computers and Qualitative Analysis90. Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the Soup91. Identifying the Purpose of the Writing: Arranging the Noodles92. Delineating a Supportive Structure: Visual Signals for the Reader93. Presenting Research Material94. A Word about the Content of Papers and Articles95. Write It96. Rewrite It97. Then Write It Again! 98. A Final Note [endnuml]NotesName IndexSubject Index