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In the Fourth Edition of this bestselling book, John W Creswell and new co-author Cheryl N Poth explore the philosophical underpinnings, history and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case study - putting them side by side, so that we can see the differences. The authors relate research designs to each of the traditions of enquiry. They compare theoretical frameworks and ways to employ standards of quality, as well as strategies for writing introductions to studies, collecting data, analyzing data, writing a narrative and verifying results.


New in this edition:




Updated materials on each tradition
More on interpretive frameworks and ethics
More visual depictions of the five approaches
Two new topical articles in Chapter 5, reproduced in full in the appendices.

Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design (International Student Edition): Choosing Among Five Approaches

Introduction

Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretive Frameworks

Designing a Qualitative Study

Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry

Five Different Qualitative Studies

Introducing and Focusing the Study

Data Collection

Data Analysis and Representation

Writing a Qualitative Study

Standards of Validation and Evaluation

"Turning the Story" and Conclusion