Essentials Of Qualitative Inquiry

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry
	What Is Qualitative Inquiry?
	Methodological Coherence and the Armchair Walkthrough
	Qualitative Annoyances
	Summary
	Exercise 1.1: Finding the Story behind the Numbers
Chapter 2: Theory and Method
	Ontology, Epistemology, and Theoretical Position/Perspective
	Methodology and Method
	Relationship between Theoretical Position/Perspective and Method
	Summary
	Exercise 2.1: Sorting It Out
Chapter 3: Method
	Choosing a Method
	The Methods
	Summary
	Exercise 3.1: Many Methods and the Armchair Walkthrough
Chapter 4: Research Question and Sampling
	The Research Question
	Sampling
	Saturation
	Summary
	Exercise 4.1: An Environmental Scan
Chapter 5: Data Collection
	Data Collection Strategies
	Summary
	Exercise 5.1: Observation and Field Notes
Chapter 6: Data Analysis
	Inquiry as Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive
	Terms and Processes of Data Analysis
	Summary
	Exercise 6.1: Categorizing and Theming
Chapter 7: Rigor
	The Rigor Game
	Talking, Doing, and Writing about Rigor
	Being Rigorous
	Summary
	Exercise 7.1: Examining Criteria/Standards
Chapter 8: Proposal Writing
	Before Writing: Proposals and Politics
	Writing
	Coordinating the Submission
	Summary
	Exercise 8.1: Proposal Savvy
Chapter 9: Ethics Boards, Risk, and Qualitative Research
	Ethics: Beyond “Getting through Ethics”
	Summary
	Exercise 9.1: Ethics without REBs/IRBs
Chapter 10: Representation, Writing, and Reflexivity
	Representation
	Writing
	Reflexivity
	Summary
	Exercise 10.1: Uncle Ben’s Last Words
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes
References
Index
About the Author