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| Qualitative Methods | ||
| From the online text, Knowledge Base, this chapter covers qualitative research methods, qualitative data analysis, and qualitative validity issues. Also includes a discussion of the debate over quantitative versus qualitative research. ( http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/qualmeth.htm ) | ||
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| Strategies for Qualitative Research | ||
| Links to three online texts that discuss research and design strategies, qualitative data reporting, and population sampling procedures. ( http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mid/edr725/class/strategies/ ) | ||
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| Case Studies: Writing Guide | ||
| This comprehensive online guide includes a wide range of topics to help researchers conduct case study research. Discusses such areas as: identifying a theoretical perspective, designing and conducting a case study, collecting and analyzing data, and composing the final report. ( http://writing.colostate.edu/references/research/casestudy/index.cfm ) | ||
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| Grounded Theory: A Thumbnail Sketch | ||
| This resource file provides a brief overview of the process of grounded theory research. Grounded theory is an emergent research process similar to action research. ( http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/grounded.html ) | ||
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| Research Guidelines: Doing a Phenomenological Study | ||
| This online guidebook for qualitative research discusses how to conduct a variety of studies. This particular Web page links to an illustrative case of a phenomenological study. Additional information is available for case study research, content analysis, survey research, observing and interviewing subjects, and more. ( http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/programs/psychology/students/research/phenom.xhtml ) | ||
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| Association for Qualitative Research | ||
| The Association for Qualitative Research attempts to improve the theory, practice, and use of qualitative research across the disciplines of the human sciences. The AQR website explains some of the challenges facing qualitative researchers. ( http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aqr/ ) | ||
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| Association of Qualitative Research Practitioners | ||
| The Association of Qualitative Research Practitioners attempts to promote the professional interests of qualitative research among practitioners and field personnel and within the market arena as a whole. The AQRP Web site defines qualitative research and details AQRP's efforts to raise standards in qualitative research by formulating and establishing guides to best practice. ( http://www.aqrp.co.uk/ ) | ||
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| American Educational Research Association | ||
| The American Educational Research Association provides a variety of online resources, including journal abstracts from the American Educational Research Journal. The article, "Caught in the Paradigm Gap: Qualitative Researchers' Lived Experience and the Politics of Epistemology," discusses some of the issues surrounding qualitative research while demonstrating sound qualitative research practices. ( http://www.aera.net/pubs/aerj/abs/aerj3532.htm ) | ||
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| The Sin of Omission: Punishable by Death to Internal Validity: An Argument for Integratio... | ||
| In The Sin of Omission -- Punishable by Death to Internal Validity: An Argument for Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods to Strengthen Internal Validity, Kathryn Bowen argues that qualitative research is an essential element of sound research practice. ( http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/Gallery/Bowen/hss691.htm ) | ||
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