Designing Qualitative Research

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• New coverage of emerging contemporary issues, methods, and considerations, such as the movements for racial justice, the coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis, and the U.S. presidential election.
• A sustained and deeper focus on the burgeoning use of social media and internet applications in conducting qualitative research brings the book up to date.
• New questions for the new century—one now dominated by social networking—explore the issues and design dilemmas of today’s qualitative researchers.
• New vignettes cover such topics as researchers’ challenges in designing research with homeless, refugee, and immigrant populations; the interplay between ethics and trustworthiness; and exquisite sensitivity in research on sexual harassment.
• Coverage of ethics and trustworthiness is now earlier in the book (Chapter 3), placing these key attributes front and center.
• New suggestions for planning for data analysis at the proposal stage and for managing analysis in writing final reports.
• New Some of Our Favorites listings at the end of each chapter’s Further Reading section provides recommended references for further exploration.
• The advances and challenges presented by new technologies and provocative, creative modes of presentation are incorporated throughout.
• All references have been updated, and new scholarly works are cited throughout.
• An accompanying Instructor website includes PowerPoint slides.

• Ways that research can be attuned to policy and practice—from problem identification to formatting the presentation of findings to the explicit focus on trustworthiness, credibility, and ethics—prepare students to do their own research.
• The personal, ethical, and political dilemmas that the researcher may face are emphasized throughout the book.
• Examples and vignettes are current, especially in terms of cross-national research and the issues that arise.
• Extended discussions cover strategies researchers can use to address the challenges posed by postmodernists, feminists, and critical race theorists, as well as others who interrogate historical qualitative inquiry.
• Inspiring potential “Aha!” moments and opportunities to do research in close connection with people and communities bring topics to life.