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Synopsis
Qualitative Research brings together all of the major topics and issues in qualitative research in this major work which assembles the best published material in this field. Collectively, the contributions: give a panoramic view of qualitative research today; reflect the international and interdisciplinary character of qualitative research; document the essential issues in qualitative research; and demonstrate the relations between different research traditions.
Each of the four volumes carry an 8-10,000 word introduction which places the examination of qualitative research issues in the appropriate historical and intellectual context.
Volume 1 covers the fundamental issues about qualitative research, including epistemological ones. A wide range of case-studies are included.
Volume 2 covers the different methods with which qualitative research is associated.
Volume 3 deals with the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data, as well as with writing up the results of research.
Volume 4 contains selections relating to a wide range of specific issues in qualitative research in the appropriate historical and intellectual context.
Booknews
This four-volume set contains a total of 88 essays selected from books and from journals such as and with at least one selection published as far back as 1954, but most of more recent vintage. Volume 1 contains an introduction by the editors and 19 contributions on various aspects of philosophical issues, relationships between quantitative and qualitative research, research design, the research process, sampling, and using informants, among other topics. Volume 2 (21 contributions) covers methods, including: participant observation; interviewing; focus groups; life history and oral history; documentary research; diaries; photographs, films, and video; and conversation and discourse analysis. The third volume, with 24 contributions, addresses analysis and interpretation of qualitative data. The 23 essays in the fourth volume deal with a variety of issues, among them: ethics and values, gender and feminism, cultural difference, and restudies. The set is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)