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Book SynopsisAn informative real-world guide to studying the "why" of human behavior Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods is a practical, comprehensive guide to the collection and presentation of qualitative data.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi
PART ONE : Among the People: How to Conduct Qualitative Research 1
Chapter 1 Introduction: Go to the People 3
A Note on the History of Qualitative Methods 4
Qualitative Methodology 7
Theory and Methodology 11
Notes 28
Chapter 2 Research Design and Pre-Fieldwork 29
Research Design 29
Selecting Settings 32
Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval 34
Writing Proposals 40
Access to Organizations 44
Access to Public and Quasi-Public Settings 46
Access to Private Settings 47
What Do You Tell Gatekeepers and Informants? 49
Collecting Data About Obtaining Access 51
Covert Research 51
Chapter 3 Participant Observation: In the Field 54
Entering the Field 55
Negotiating Your Role 56
Establishing Rapport 58
Participation 62
Key Informants 64
Difficult Field Relations 66
Forming Relationships 68
Field Tactics 69
Asking Questions 73
Learning the Language 76
Field Notes 78
Boundaries of a Study 90
Leaving the Field 91
Triangulation 93
Ethics in the Field 95
Chapter 4 In-Depth Interviewing 101
The Qualitative Interview 102
Types of Interview Studies 103
Choosing to Interview 104
Selecting Informants 107
Approaching Informants 110
Understanding the Interview in Context 114
Managing the Interview Situation 115
Getting People to Talk About What Is Important to Them 118
The Interview Guide 122
Probing 123
Cross-Checks 126
Relations With Informants 128
Recording Interviews 130
Group Interviews 131
The Interviewer’s Journal 132
Note 134
Chapter 5 Montage: Discovering Methods 135
Disrupting the “Commonsense World of Everyday Life”: Harold Garfinkel 138
Qualitative Research as Autobiography 140
Entering a World Without Words 142
Personal Documents 144
Picturing Disability 146
Photography and Videotaping 148
Official Records and Public Documents 151
Historical and Archival Research 153
Notes 159
Chapter 6 Working With Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research 161
Narratives: Descriptive and Theoretical Studies 161
Building Theory 163
Working With Data 168
Constructing Life Histories 194
PART TWO: Writing Qualitative Research: Selected Studies 197
Chapter 7 Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies 199
What You Should Tell Your Readers 200
Some Tips on Writing 203
Common Mistakes in Writing From Qualitative Data 207
Publishing Qualitative Studies 210
Selected Studies 213
Chapter 8 “You’re Not a Retard, You’re Just Wise”: Disability, Social Identity, and Family Networks 215
Steven J. Taylor
Chapter 9 Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home 247
Marjorie L. DeVault
Chapter 10 Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research 267
Marjorie L. DeVault
Chapter 11 Citizen Portraits: Photos of People With Disabilities as Personal Keepsakes 289
Robert Bogdan
Chapter 12 “They Asked for a Hard Job”: World War II Conscientious Objectors on the Front Lines 312
Steven J. Taylor
Closing Remarks 335
Appendix 1
Field Notes 338
Appendix 2
Interview Guide Template 351
Peter Ibarra
References 354
Author Index 381
Subject Index 391
