I originally bought Creswell's book to introduce me to the different qualitative research approaches. Creswell's book is worth buying as it enjoys a number of merits:
1- Very user friendly layout.
2- Very straightforward and easy to understand.
3- The book guides through the steps of writing a research paper (introduction, research questions, etc.)
4- The appendices with example articles to illustrate the different methodologies are great.
5- Creswell provides a list of useful readings at the end of each chapter.
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Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches Paperback – 31 January 2007
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The Second Edition of this bestselling text once again explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. Written in an accessible style, this book relates research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry. The author compares theoretical frameworks, ways to employ standards of quality, and strategies for writing introductions to studies, collecting data, analyzing data, writing a narrative, and verifying results. New to the Second Edition: - Broader coverage of narrative research - Updated coverage of data analysis, which accounts for programs like Atlas.ti and NVivo, and discusses counting codes more fully - More specific steps for doing research within each tradition
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication date31 January 2007
- Dimensions15.88 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101412916070
- ISBN-13978-1412916073
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"Creswell does an excellent job categorizing the various qualitative methods into five approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study...The author has expanded on and updated the information he presented in the first edition of the book (Creswell, 1998), including discussion of the various schools of thought that have developed among qualitative researchers since the mid 1990's...Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing among five approaches is a highly informative book; researchers will likely return again and against to the book as they expand their comfort zone within qualitative research." -Peggy M. Delmas, University of Alabama -- Peggy M. Delmas National ACademic ADvising Association 20071207 "This introductory research text [...] covers five approaches to qualitative research and compares them side-by-side. [This book] covers the basics in qualitative research; content which can easily be adapted to suit the needs of budding applied linguistics researchers [as well]." -- Gary Barkhuizen New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 20090313
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I am a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I teach courses and write about research design, qualitative methodology, and mixed methods research. I have been at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 30 years and have authored or co-authored 19 books in original copy and in editions. Most of these books address research methods and methodologies. In addition, I founded the Office of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus that provided campus support for scholars incorporating qualitative and mixed methods research into projects for extramural funding. I have also held the Clifton Research Endowed Chair at Nebraska. I served as the founding and Co-Editor for the new Sage journal, the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and I have been an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and have been a consultant to the Veterans Affairs Health Science Research Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I was selected to be a Senior Fulbright Scholar and visited South Africa in October, 2008, bringing mixed methods concepts to universities and studying documentaries about AIDS victims and families. In February 2012 I will visit Thailand as a Senior Fulbright Scholar on mixed methods. I play the piano, write short stories, and actively engage in sports.
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- Publisher : SAGE Publications Ltd; 2 edition (31 January 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1412916070
- ISBN-13 : 978-1412916073
- Dimensions : 15.88 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
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John W. Creswell is a Professor of Educational Psychology at Teachers College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is affiliated with a graduate program in educational psychology that specializes in quantitative and qualitative methods in education. In this program, he specializes in qualitative and quantitative research designs and methods, multimethod research, and faculty and academic leadership issues in colleges and universities.
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This is a great book for anyone designing their phd protocol or any early career researcher designing their study. Also great for any phd student at any stage- its great to help you work through the fundamental issues- what methods to use and why- what are the broad approaches to knowledge generation, what methods can i use and what data/answers will it give me.
I am a Director of PGR- i recommend all my students use this book.
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