Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods – A Guidebook and Resource 4e

<p>Acknowledgments xi</p>
<p>PART ONE : Among the People: How to Conduct Qualitative Research 1</p>
<p>Chapter 1 Introduction: Go to the People 3</p>
<p>A Note on the History of Qualitative Methods 4</p>
<p>Qualitative Methodology 7</p>
<p>Theory and Methodology 11</p>
<p>Notes 28</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Research Design and Pre–Fieldwork 29</p>
<p>Research Design 29</p>
<p>Selecting Settings 32</p>
<p>Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval 34</p>
<p>Writing Proposals 40</p>
<p>Access to Organizations 44</p>
<p>Access to Public and Quasi–Public Settings 46</p>
<p>Access to Private Settings 47</p>
<p>What Do You Tell Gatekeepers and Informants? 49</p>
<p>Collecting Data About Obtaining Access 51</p>
<p>Covert Research 51</p>
<p>Chapter 3 Participant Observation: In the Field 54</p>
<p>Entering the Field 55</p>
<p>Negotiating Your Role 56</p>
<p>Establishing Rapport 58</p>
<p>Participation 62</p>
<p>Key Informants 64</p>
<p>Difficult Field Relations 66</p>
<p>Forming Relationships 68</p>
<p>Field Tactics 69</p>
<p>Asking Questions 73</p>
<p>Learning the Language 76</p>
<p>Field Notes 78</p>
<p>Boundaries of a Study 90</p>
<p>Leaving the Field 91</p>
<p>Triangulation 93</p>
<p>Ethics in the Field 95</p>
<p>Chapter 4 In–Depth Interviewing 101</p>
<p>The Qualitative Interview 102</p>
<p>Types of Interview Studies 103</p>
<p>Choosing to Interview 104</p>
<p>Selecting Informants 107</p>
<p>Approaching Informants 110</p>
<p>Understanding the Interview in Context 114</p>
<p>Managing the Interview Situation 115</p>
<p>Getting People to Talk About What Is Important to Them 118</p>
<p>The Interview Guide 122</p>
<p>Probing 123</p>
<p>Cross–Checks 126</p>
<p>Relations With Informants 128</p>
<p>Recording Interviews 130</p>
<p>Group Interviews 131</p>
<p>The Interviewer s Journal 132</p>
<p>Note 134</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Montage: Discovering Methods 135</p>
<p>Disrupting the Commonsense World of Everyday Life : Harold Garfinkel 138</p>
<p>Qualitative Research as Autobiography 140</p>
<p>Entering a World Without Words 142</p>
<p>Personal Documents 144</p>
<p>Picturing Disability 146</p>
<p>Photography and Videotaping 148</p>
<p>Official Records and Public Documents 151</p>
<p>Historical and Archival Research 153</p>
<p>Notes 159</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Working With Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research 161</p>
<p>Narratives: Descriptive and Theoretical Studies 161</p>
<p>Building Theory 163</p>
<p>Working With Data 168</p>
<p>Constructing Life Histories 194</p>
<p>PART TWO: Writing Qualitative Research: Selected Studies 197</p>
<p>Chapter 7 Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies 199</p>
<p>What You Should Tell Your Readers 200</p>
<p>Some Tips on Writing 203</p>
<p>Common Mistakes in Writing From Qualitative Data 207</p>
<p>Publishing Qualitative Studies 210</p>
<p>Selected Studies 213</p>
<p>Chapter 8 You re Not a Retard, You re Just Wise : Disability, Social Identity, and Family Networks 215<br />Steven J. Taylor</p>
<p>Chapter 9 Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home 247<br />Marjorie L. DeVault</p>
<p>Chapter 10 Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial–Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research 267<br />Marjorie L. DeVault</p>
<p>Chapter 11 Citizen Portraits: Photos of People With Disabilities as Personal Keepsakes 289<br />Robert Bogdan</p>
<p>Chapter 12 They Asked for a Hard Job : World War II Conscientious Objectors on the Front Lines 312<br />Steven J. Taylor</p>
<p>Closing Remarks 335</p>
<p>Appendix 1</p>
<p>Field Notes 338</p>
<p>Appendix 2</p>
<p>Interview Guide Template 351<br />Peter Ibarra</p>
<p>References 354</p>
<p>Author Index 381</p>
<p>Subject Index 391</p>