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It is now important to note that they are organised into two parts. The focus is on considering how to develop appropriate research questions for engaging in these two basic types of theory-generation studies.

Finally, Part One of the book is brought to completion with Chapters Five and Six, where the aim is to provide exemplars of the two main types of theory-generation studies considered so far.

Part Two of the book is based upon the notion that, along with the two main types of symbolic interactionist studies which are the basis of considerations in Part One, it is also possible to engage in related types of studies.

Each chapter makes this very clear, illustrating what is involved through the outline of a series of research proposals. The emphasis throughout is on three main types of data- gathering approaches, namely, semi-structured interviewing, participant and non-participant observation, and document study. Furthermore, the approaches recommended are those which have been standard since qualitative research approaches gained popularity within education studies over the last 25 to 30 years.

There are some excellent texts which provide overviews on these approaches, including the recent works of Punch , Silverman and Woods There has also been an increase in the last number of years in works which illustrate the potential of computers for speeding up access to documentary material McCulloch and for using widely available internet technology in conducting interviews with participants at a distance when we are unable to meet with them in person Mann and Stewart Finally, it should not be assumed that this book champions the interpretivist paradigm over other paradigms, or symbolic interactionism over other interpretivist theoretical positions.

In adopting this position it is also held that it is not helpful for the new researcher to spend too much time attempting to reconcile a number of paradigms in order to develop an eclectic position to guide a research project. This is a view which sees that the sub-projects could then be collated, perhaps by an overall project director, in a work which would present them as a series of discrete, but complementary studies leading to some overall conclusions for theory, practice and future research.

For example, those attracted by the critical theory paradigm might usefully interrogate their newly-generated theory with symbolic interactionist underpinnings by drawing upon some of the central political concepts utilized by critical theorists. This, however, it should be stressed, is not the same as developing an empirical study from the outset based upon the central assumptions of the critical theory paradigm.

For some excellent primers on the latter approach one has to look elsewhere e. Carspecken The thinking behind this book also does not favour the view that symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and other theoretical positions within the interpretivist paradigm can be combined loosely to underpin an eclectic research approach. This is not to argue against eclectic research approaches in principle; rather, it is to maintain that they need to be supported by rigorous logical arguments which make crystal clear what is involved.

And here I return again to the ideas of Wolcott. It is in such a spirit that this book has been conceptualised and written. Refe renc e s Abbs, P. Abbs, P. Adelman, C. Aldrich, R. Alexander, D. Allport, G. Altenbaugh, R. Alvik, T. Anderson, L. Anderson, N. Angus, L. Angus, M. Aran, R. Aspinwall, K. Atkinson, P. Bacharach, S. Ball, S. Ballard, B. Bock, H. Beazley, K.

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Having explored some gies are a feature of a particular philosophical of the key qualitative methodologies, I will viewpoint, but that they are clearly not methods now begin to close in on some of the ways in used to gather or analyse data; and secondly, which qualitative research is actually performed, that methodologies provide a particular lens by contrasting qualitative and quantitative through which we may approach the questions methodological approaches.

So while qualitative researchers how the two paradigms operate their methodolo- are equally as scrupulous in showing that their gies should be distinctively different. Qualitative findings are trustworthy, they approach the ques- research often begins with a small sample size tion of bias very differently. Underpinning this sometimes an individual participant, a solitary approach to the question of bias lies a fundamental text document or a small group , and follows a difference in the way qualitative researchers view rigorously applied but loosely defined pathway.

By the same token, there is no ally favoured by quantitative researchers Streubert hypothesis to be tested in qualitative research, and Carpenter, These various approaches are justified because the New problems commonly emerge as you realize essence of the work of a qualitative researcher is to that the original ideas were misguided, and so a uncover the meaning we give to things individually new pathway is taken through new territory.

With and collectively. To do this wearing a white lab coat, quantitative research, you commonly begin with carrying a clipboard and asking pre-defined ques- the question you want answered, and the study is tions with pre-defined answers would be illogical never allowed to stray from its original purpose indeed there are many qualitative researchers who Broom and Willis, The first distinction is that ity Denzin and Lincoln, ; Silverman, ; qualitative research allows the study to evolve natu- Gubrium and Holstein, The second is that Qualitative sampling qualitative researchers analyse their data as they are Sampling in qualitative studies is based on quali- collecting it, as opposed to quantitative research- ties rather than quantities, with the researchers ers who gather it first and analyse it later.

So lesser extent to their participants, allowing them to where much quantitative research operates by define what matters to them and what is superfluous. Many people misunderstand In qualitative research, the relationship between this point and argue, as was the case with the the researcher and their participants is a natural doctoral student mentioned at the beginning of one that develops with the study Holloway and the previous article, that a sample of five people Wheeler, The questions of bias that plague cannot possibly be representative of the back- experimental studies and threaten the reliability ground population.

Qualitative researchers do not and validity of their test measures are turned on disagree. As we have seen, qualitative researchers their head and made into a virtue of the study not believe that everyone is different, and so they a vice. No ods of data collection and analysis that are particu- one can represent anyone else, since our experi- lar to qualitative research. The tion. Sage, London: 92— Lincoln, Instead, qualitative research attempts Broom A, Willis E Competing Paradigms and Health to build theory, and it is this theory that is general- Research.

In: Saks M, Allsop J eds. Sage, izable to others. It is this ability to define theory that is gen- Inquiry. Sage, London of good qualitative research. There is plenty of pub- Edwards D, Ashmore M, Potter J Death and furniture: lished research in both qualitative and quantitative the rhetoric, politics and theology of bottom line arguments against relativism. Basic Books, of analysis, and it is this that carries the qualitative New York Giddings L Making sense of methodologies: a para- weight of argument to influence what we know and digm framework for the novice researcher.

More than just theory, this guide is designed to give you a real-world practitioner's view of how qualitative research is handled every step of the way. Many different disciplines rely on qualitative research as a method of inquiry, to gain an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the governing forces behind it. Qualitative research asks "why" and "how," and the data is frequently complex and difficult to measure.

This book shows you how to effectively handle qualitative work, regardless of where it's being applied. Understand the strengths and limitations of qualitative data Learn how experts work around common methodological issues Compare actual field notes to the qualitative studies they generated Examine the full range of qualitative methods throughout the research process Whether you're studying sociology, psychology, marketing, or any number of other fields, especially in the social and behavioral sciences, human behavior is the central concern of your work.

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