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Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches [Paperback]

John W. Creswell (Author)
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Publication Date: 31 Jan 2007 | ISBN-10: 1412916070 | ISBN-13: 978-1412916073 | Edition: Second Edition
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

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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc; Second Edition edition (31 Jan 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1412916070
  • ISBN-13: 978-1412916073
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.2 x 22.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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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 2007-12-07)

"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 2009-03-13)

About the Author

John W. Creswell is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He teaches courses on mixed methods research, qualitative inquiry, and general research design. In these three areas, he has authored numerous scholarly journal articles, book chapters and books. He is currently working on his 22nd book (including new editions), and his books are translated into many languages around the world. At Nebraska he founded the Office of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research and has held the Clifton Endowed Chair. He also co-founded the SAGE journal, the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and has been a popular speaker on mixed methods and qualitative research in the US and abroad. As an applied research methodologist, he served as an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and as a consultant for the VA health services research unit in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a methodologist, he helped to design the methods for a number of successful NIH and NSF projects. He has been a Senior Fulbright Specialist scholar to both South Africa (2008) and Thailand (2012) lecturing on qualitative and mixed methods approaches to research. Recently, he served as a co-leader of a national working group developing “best practices” for mixed methods research at the National Institutes of Health in the US. Visit him at his Web site: johnwcreswell.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Research Methods 13 May 2009
By Craig Lambert
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I found this book an excellent way to introduce myself to the research methodologies used by qualitative researchers. Creswell's approach is simple yet detailed. he explains the five main approaches used in qualitative data collection, analysis and intrepretation. He draws from his own wide experience in this field as well as using other peoples research. I found the examples of studies in the appendix and the explanation of deconstruction used by the authors in their analytical section of their research a most interesting and valuable tool. I recommend this book for those who wish to get to grips with the concepts of qualitative researchers. Its a gtreat introduction as well as a valuable refrence work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent description of 5 methodologies 12 May 2010
By J. Roddy
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Creswell has a very straightforward and easy to understand style. He takes different aspects of research and looks at them from the perspective of the five methodologies, making it very easy to determine which ones seem most appropriate for the research being considered, and why. I found it very readable, which meant I learned more about methodologies I am not currently considering, just because it was interesting and I kept on reading. His presentation of published papers and then discussion also helps to put things in context, in a way theory just can't! For those starting to explore the differences in approach, as I was, this is a very good and helpful book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a phd student- buy this 22 April 2013
By katie
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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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