Qualitative research design: an interactive approach. /
Joseph Alex Maxwell
- 3rd ed.
- London: Sage Publications, 2013.
- xi, 218 p.
- Applied Social Research Methods Series. .
Chapter 1. A Model for Qualitative Research Design Chapter 2. Goals: Why Are You Doing This Study?Chapter 3. Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?Chapter 4. Research Questions: What Do You Want to Understand?Chapter 5. Methods: What Will You Actually Do?Chapter 6. Validity: How Might You Be Wrong?Chapter 7. Research Proposals: Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study Appendix A. A Proposal for a Study of Medical School Teaching Appendix B. A Proposal for a Study of Online Learning by Teachers
This book provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues.