Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation (Paperback, 5)

Preface vii?

Foreword xvii?

Paul Haidet, MD, MPH?

About the Authors xxiii?

Acknowledgments xxvii?

Part One: The Design of Qualitative Research 1?

1 What Is Qualitative Research? 5?

2 Six Common Qualitative Research Designs 27?

3 Expanding the Qualitative Paradigm: Critical Research, and Action and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) 53?

4 Qualitative Research in Mixed Methods and Arts-Based Approaches 75?

5 Designing Your Study and Selecting a Sample 97?

Part Two: Collecting Qualitative Data 133?

6 Conducting Effective Interviews 135?

7 Being a Careful Observer 169?

8 Mining Data from Documents and Artifacts 197?

Part Three: Analyzing and Reporting Qualitative Data 227?

9 Qualitative Data Analysis 231?

10 Validity, Reliability, and Ethics 279

11 Writing Up Qualitative Research 315

Appendix: The Methodology Section of a Qualitative Research Study 353

Sharan B. Merriam

References 361

Name Index 395

Subject Index 405