Qualitative Research Methods

Chapter 1: Introduction to the book/Who is this book for?/The qualitative research cycle/Structure of the book/Features of this book/Chapter 2: The nature of qualitative research/What is qualitative research?/When to conduct qualitative research/The underlying interpretive paradigm/Qualitative and quantitative research/Verstehen and understanding/The emic and etic perspectives/Subjectivity and the need for reflexivity/Our approach to qualitative research/Evaluating quality/Part I: The design cycle/Chapter 3: The design cycle/Formulating qualitative research questions/Incorporating literature and theory/Developing a conceptual framework/Selecting qualitative research methods/Evaluating quality/Chapter 4: Designing participatory research/Our participatory approach to qualitative research/The participatory design cycle/The participatory approach in data collection and analysis/Different roles of the researcher/Evaluating quality/Chapter 5: Ethical issues in qualitative research/What is ethics?/Ethics in qualitative research/Ethical issues in the design cycle/Ethical issues in the data collection cycle/Ethical issues in the analytic cycle/Evaluating quality/Part II: The data collection cycle/Chapter 6: Sampling and participant recruitment/What is purposive sampling?/Purposive sampling process?/Participant recruitment strategies/How many participants? The principle of saturation/Evaluating quality/Chapter 7: In-depth interviews/What is an in-depth interview?/When to use in-depth interviews/Purpose of an in-depth interview/The cyclical nature of data collection/Developing an interview guide/Preparing for data collection/Conducting the interview: skills of the interviewer/Strengths and limitations/Evaluating quality/Chapter 8: Focus group discussions/What is a focus group discussion?/When to use focus group discussions/The cyclical nature of data collection/Developing the discussion guide/Preparing for data collection/Conducting focus group discussions/Post-discussion information/Virtual focus groups/Strengths and limitations/Evaluating quality/Chapter 9: Observation/What is observation?/When to conduct observation/The cyclical nature of data collection/What to observe/Types of observation/Preparation and conducting an observation/Writing an observation/Strengths and limitations/Evaluating quality/Part III: The analytic cycle/Chapter 10: Data preparation and developing codes/Different approaches to textual data analysis/The nature of qualitative data analysis/Textual data preparation/Developing codes/Making a codebook/Coding data/Using software in qualitative analysis/Evaluating quality/Writing the manuscript or report/Chapter 11: Textual data analysis/After you write/Developing an analysis plan/Searching data/The cyclical process of analysis/Description/Comparison/Categorizing and conceptualizing/Theory development/Evaluating quality/Chapter 12: From analysis to participatory action/From analysis to participatory action/The overall participatory qualitative research cycle/The different roles of the researcher/Evaluating quality/Chapter 13: Academic writing of qualitative research/Writing qualitative research/Before you write/Writing a qualitative research article/After you write/Responding to critiques of qualitative research/Evaluating quality/Post Script: Assessing quality in the qualitative research cycle