30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
	CHAPTER 1 - THINKING LIKE A QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER
	CHAPTER 2 - BUILDING ON QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE TO IMPLEMENT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
	CHAPTER 3 - MAKING YOUR QUALITATIVE PROJECT RIGOROUS AND CONCEPTUALLY INTERESTING
	CHAPTER 4 - MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS THAT COME UP DURING RESEARCH
	CHAPTER 5 - WORKING WITH RESEARCH ADVISERS AND COMMITTEES
PART II: CONSIDERING PRELIMINARY ELEMENTS
	CHAPTER 6 - USING PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
	CHAPTER 7 - ANTICIPATING ETHICAL ISSUES
	CHAPTER 8 - ORGANIZING THE LITERATURE
	CHAPTER 9 - VIEWING THE STRUCTURE OF A THESIS OR DISSERTATION FOR A QUALITATIVE STUDY
PART III: INTRODUCING A QUALITATIVE STUDY
	CHAPTER 10 - WRITING A GOOD QUALITATIVE TITLE AND ABSTRACT
	CHAPTER 11 - WRITING A GOOD INTRODUCTION AND OPENING SENTENCE FOR A STUDY
	CHAPTER 12 - SCRIPTING A QUALITATIVE PURPOSE STATEMENT AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
PART IV: COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA
	CHAPTER 13 - UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
	CHAPTER 14 - CONDUCTING A GOOD OBSERVATION
	CHAPTER 15 - DESIGNING AND ADMINISTERING AN INTERVIEW PROTOCOL
	CHAPTER 16 - COLLECTING DATA WITH MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
	CHAPTER 17 - BEING CULTURALLY AWARE IN GLOBAL QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
PART V: ANALYZING AND VALIDATING DATA
	CHAPTER 18 - CODING TEXT DATA
	CHAPTER 19 - CODING IMAGES AND PICTURES
	CHAPTER 20 - DEVELOPING THEME PASSAGES
	CHAPTER 21 - USING A COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR DATA ANALYSIS
	CHAPTER 22 - IMPLEMENTING VALIDITY CHECKS
	CHAPTER 23 - CONDUCTING INTERCODER AGREEMENT
PART VI: WRITING AND PUBLISHING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
	CHAPTER 24 - WRITING IN A SCHOLARLY WAY
	CHAPTER 25 - WRITING IN A QUALITATIVE WAY
	CHAPTER 26 - WRITING REFLEXIVELY
	CHAPTER 27 - WRITING A GOOD “CONCLUSION” SECTION
	CHAPTER 28 - PUBLISHING A QUALITATIVE JOURNAL ARTICLE
PART VII: EVALUATING A STUDY AND USING QUALITATIVE DESIGNS
	CHAPTER 29 - SELECTING QUALITY CRITERIA FOR A QUALITATIVE STUDY
	CHAPTER 30 - SELECTING A QUALITATIVE DESIGN
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