This text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community. It also stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Designing Qualitative Research
Chapter 3 Ethical Issues
Chapter 4 A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing
Chapter 5 Focus Group Interviewing
Chapter 6 Ethnographic Field Strategies
Chapter 7 Action Research
Chapter 8 Unobtrusive Measures in Research
Chapter 9 Historiography and Oral Traditions
Chapter10 Case Studies
Chapter11 An Introduction to Content Analysis
Chapter12 Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the Soup