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A guide to qualitative field research / Carol A. Bailey.

By: Bailey, Carol A, 1950-.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2007Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xv, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1412936500 (pbk.); 9781412936507 (pbk.).Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.723
Contents:
1. Introduction to qualitative field research -- 2. Ethical issues in qualitative field research -- 3. Prelude to qualitative fieldwork -- 4. The infrastructure of qualitative field research -- 5. Methodology -- 6. Observations -- 7. Interviews -- 8. Field notes and leaving the field -- 9. Coding, memoing, and descriptions -- 10. Typologies, taxonomies, visual representations, and themes -- 11. Storytelling, critical events, and analytic induction -- 12. Evaluation criteria and final manuscript.
Summary: "Thoroughly revised, the Second Edition of A Guide to Qualitative Field Research provides novice researchers with comprehensive and accessible instructions for conducting qualitative field research. Using rich examples from classic ethnographies to help bring abstract principles alive, author Carol A. Bailey explains the entire research process, from selecting a topic to writing the final manuscript and all of the steps in between."-- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-202) and index.

1. Introduction to qualitative field research -- 2. Ethical issues in qualitative field research -- 3. Prelude to qualitative fieldwork -- 4. The infrastructure of qualitative field research -- 5. Methodology -- 6. Observations -- 7. Interviews -- 8. Field notes and leaving the field -- 9. Coding, memoing, and descriptions -- 10. Typologies, taxonomies, visual representations, and themes -- 11. Storytelling, critical events, and analytic induction -- 12. Evaluation criteria and final manuscript.

"Thoroughly revised, the Second Edition of A Guide to Qualitative Field Research provides novice researchers with comprehensive and accessible instructions for conducting qualitative field research. Using rich examples from classic ethnographies to help bring abstract principles alive, author Carol A. Bailey explains the entire research process, from selecting a topic to writing the final manuscript and all of the steps in between."-- Back cover.