Qualitative research design : an interactive approach / Joseph A. Maxwell, George Mason University ; acquisiting editor Vicki Knight ; associate editor Lauren Habib ; editorial assistant Kalie Koscielak ; production editor Libby Larson ; copy editor Codi Bowman ; indexer Molly Hall ; cover designer Candice Harman ; marketing manager Nicole Elliott ; permissions editor Adele Hutchinson.

By: Maxwell, Joseph Alex, 1941- [author. ]Contributor(s): Knight,Vicki [acquisiting editor. ] | Habib, Lauren [associate editor. ] | Koscielak, Kalie [editorial assistant. ] | Larson, Libby [production editor. ] | Codi Bowman, Codi [copy editor. ] | Hall, Molly [indexer. ] | Harman, Candice [cover designer. ] | Elliott, Nicole [marketing manager. ] | Hutchinson, Adele [permissions editor. ]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Applied Social Research Methods Series ; 41. Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc. Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xi, 218 pages : charts ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781412981194 (paperback) Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | Research | Research -- Design | Qualitative researchLOC classification: Q180.55.M4 M39 2013
Contents:
Chapter 1. A Model for Qualitative Research Design. The Organization of This Book -- The Exercises in This Book -- Notes.
Chapter 2. Goals: Why Are You Doing This Study? Personal, Practical, and Intellectual Goals -- What Goals Can Qualitative Research Help You Achieve? -- Notes.
Chapter 3. Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?. The Value (and Pitfalls) of research Paradigms -- Experiential Knowledge -- Prior Theory and Research -- Pilot and Exploratory Studies -- Thought Experiments.
Chapter 4. Research Questions: What Do You Want to Understand?. The Functions of Research Questions -- Research Questions and Other Kinds of Questions -- General Questions and Particular Questions -- Instrumentalist Questions and Realist Questions -- Varience Questions and Process Questions -- Developing Research Questions.
Chapter 5. Methods: What Will You Actually Do? More and Less Structured Approaches -- Negotiaging Research Relationships -- Site and Participant Selection -- Decisions About Data Analysis -- Linking Methods and Questions -- Notes.
Chapter 6. Validity: How Might You Be Wrong? The Concept of Validity -- Two Specific Validity Threats: Bias and Reactivity -- Validity Tests: A Checklist -- Generalization in Qualitative Research -- Notes.
Chapter 7. Research Proposals: Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study. The Purpose of a Proposal -- The Proposal as an Argument -- The Relationship Between Your Research Design and Your Proposal Argument -- A Model for Proposal Structure -- Notes.
Subject: Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Third Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Joseph A. Maxwell shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the book incorporates examples and hands-on exercises. "This book uses everyday language that will captivate students′ attention and embed practical knowledge to supplement the technical." ―Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma "The key strengths of the text are the passion and the enthusiasm that Dr. Maxwell has for qualitative research after all these years. I feel I can also utilize these concepts on my own research team and take them out of the classroom and into research team meetings with colleagues." ―Deborah Gioia, University of Maryland, Baltimore "I really liked this book. I found myself taking notes and saying "yes" so many times because Maxwell captures the research process so well and provides many points worth quoting. As a faculty mentor, I particularly see the value of this book for my students who are conducting qualitative dissertations." ―Mary S. Enright, Capella University "The text is incredibly engaging and practical...So many of the issues raised in the book are central to qualitative research, yet often not explicitly discussed in ′public′ venues." - David Carlone, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro "I particularly like the interactive focus and believe that helps students to more realistically engage qualitative research design. It certainly lives up to its billing as a good guidebook, and I appreciate the fact that the author really concentrates on useful content, exercises, insights, and examples, and leaves extensive theory discussions to others." - Sharon L. Caudle, Texas A & M University--backover. https://www.amazon.com/Qualitative-Research-Design-Interactive-Approach/dp/1412981190

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index (pages 211-218).

Chapter 1. A Model for Qualitative Research Design. The Organization of This Book -- The Exercises in This Book -- Notes.

Chapter 2. Goals: Why Are You Doing This Study? Personal, Practical, and Intellectual Goals -- What Goals Can Qualitative Research Help You Achieve? -- Notes.

Chapter 3. Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?. The Value (and Pitfalls) of research Paradigms -- Experiential Knowledge -- Prior Theory and Research -- Pilot and Exploratory Studies -- Thought Experiments.

Chapter 4. Research Questions: What Do You Want to Understand?. The Functions of Research Questions -- Research Questions and Other Kinds of Questions -- General Questions and Particular Questions -- Instrumentalist Questions and Realist Questions -- Varience Questions and Process Questions -- Developing Research Questions.

Chapter 5. Methods: What Will You Actually Do? More and Less Structured Approaches -- Negotiaging Research Relationships -- Site and Participant Selection -- Decisions About Data Analysis -- Linking Methods and Questions -- Notes.

Chapter 6. Validity: How Might You Be Wrong? The Concept of Validity -- Two Specific Validity Threats: Bias and Reactivity -- Validity Tests: A Checklist -- Generalization in Qualitative Research -- Notes.

Chapter 7. Research Proposals: Presenting and Justifying a Qualitative Study. The Purpose of a Proposal -- The Proposal as an Argument -- The Relationship Between Your Research Design and Your Proposal Argument -- A Model for Proposal Structure -- Notes.

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Third Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Joseph A. Maxwell shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the book incorporates examples and hands-on exercises.

"This book uses everyday language that will captivate students′ attention and embed practical knowledge to supplement the technical."
―Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma

"The key strengths of the text are the passion and the enthusiasm that Dr. Maxwell has for qualitative research after all these years. I feel I can also utilize these concepts on my own research team and take them out of the classroom and into research team meetings with colleagues."
―Deborah Gioia, University of Maryland, Baltimore


"I really liked this book. I found myself taking notes and saying "yes" so many times because Maxwell captures the research process so well and provides many points worth quoting. As a faculty mentor, I particularly see the value of this book for my students who are conducting qualitative dissertations."
―Mary S. Enright, Capella University

"The text is incredibly engaging and practical...So many of the issues raised in the book are central to qualitative research, yet often not explicitly discussed in ′public′ venues."
- David Carlone, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

"I particularly like the interactive focus and believe that helps students to more realistically engage qualitative research design. It certainly lives up to its billing as a good guidebook, and I appreciate the fact that the author really concentrates on useful content, exercises, insights, and examples, and leaves extensive theory discussions to others."
- Sharon L. Caudle, Texas A & M University--backover.

https://www.amazon.com/Qualitative-Research-Design-Interactive-Approach/dp/1412981190