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- catalog abstract "The qualitative approach to research has produced a remarkably wide range of thinking about how scholars should regard their phenomenon of interest, about what merits consideration as evidence of the phenomenon, about how to collect that evidence, and about how to look for patterns in that evidence. This book acknowledges the rich diversity in that thinking and seeks to illuminate the key issues in order to help readers navigate through the qualitative literature. On each issue, the author displays the extent of options available under the qualitative approach and illuminates each of these options with examples from the research literature. No other book illuminates such a wide range of issues (axioms of belief, strategies, and techniques) over such a range of research topics (the examination of institutions, people, and texts) in as many contexts (historical, analytical, and critical) for both the thinking and practices within the qualitative approach.".
- catalog contributor b10029385.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. Whether to Enter? -- 2. Potpourri of Definitions -- 3. Issues of Belief -- 4. Qualitative Methodologies -- 5. Qualitative Phenomenon -- 6. Nature of Qualitative Evidence -- 7. Issues of Evidence Gathering -- 8. Issues of Data Analysis -- 9. Methods of Analysis -- 10. Writing Purpose -- 11. Issues of Writing -- 12. Standards -- 13. Illustration of Decision Making in a Quantitative Analysis -- 14. Illustration of Decision Making in a Qualitative Analysis -- 15. External Critique of Qualitative Theory Foundational Issues -- 16. Critique of Qualitative Research -- 17. Is Convergence a Possibility? -- Appendix: Abstracts of Writings Used in Interpretive Analysis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-380) and indexes.".
- catalog description "The qualitative approach to research has produced a remarkably wide range of thinking about how scholars should regard their phenomenon of interest, about what merits consideration as evidence of the phenomenon, about how to collect that evidence, and about how to look for patterns in that evidence. This book acknowledges the rich diversity in that thinking and seeks to illuminate the key issues in order to help readers navigate through the qualitative literature. On each issue, the author displays the extent of options available under the qualitative approach and illuminates each of these options with examples from the research literature. No other book illuminates such a wide range of issues (axioms of belief, strategies, and techniques) over such a range of research topics (the examination of institutions, people, and texts) in as many contexts (historical, analytical, and critical) for both the thinking and practices within the qualitative approach.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 393 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods.".
- catalog identifier "0805817506".
- catalog identifier "0805817514 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods.".
- catalog isPartOf "LEA's communication series".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates,".
- catalog relation "Analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods.".
- catalog subject "302.2/072 20".
- catalog subject "Communication Research Methodology.".
- catalog subject "P91.3 .P68 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Whether to Enter? -- 2. Potpourri of Definitions -- 3. Issues of Belief -- 4. Qualitative Methodologies -- 5. Qualitative Phenomenon -- 6. Nature of Qualitative Evidence -- 7. Issues of Evidence Gathering -- 8. Issues of Data Analysis -- 9. Methods of Analysis -- 10. Writing Purpose -- 11. Issues of Writing -- 12. Standards -- 13. Illustration of Decision Making in a Quantitative Analysis -- 14. Illustration of Decision Making in a Qualitative Analysis -- 15. External Critique of Qualitative Theory Foundational Issues -- 16. Critique of Qualitative Research -- 17. Is Convergence a Possibility? -- Appendix: Abstracts of Writings Used in Interpretive Analysis.".
- catalog title "An analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods / W. James Potter.".
- catalog type "text".