![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education Book Cover](/sites/dl/free/0072532491/title/fw_sm.gif) How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e Jack R. Fraenkel,
San Francisco State University Norman E. Wallen,
San Francisco State University
The Nature of Qualitative
Web LinksKeywords to Use in a Web Search- Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Methodology
- Interview Research
Association for Qualitative Research
(http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/aqr/index.html)
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. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Association of Qualitative Research Practitioners
(http://www.aqrp.co.uk/)
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. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | American Educational Research Association
(http://www.aera.net/pubs/aerj/abs/aerj3532.htm)
The American Educational Research Association provides a variety of on-line 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. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The Sin of Omission
(http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/bowen/hss691.htm)
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. |
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