Qualitative inquiry and research design : choosing among five approaches
John W. Creswell, Cheryl N. Poth
- 4th ed.
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2018.
- xxv, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Qualitative inquiry & research design
Introduction -- Philosophical assumptions and interpretive frameworks -- Designing a qualitative study -- Five qualitative approaches to inquiry -- Five different qualitative studies -- Introducing and focusing the study -- Data collection -- Data analysis and representation -- Writing a qualitative study -- Standards of validation and evaluation -- "Turning the story" and conclusion.
This bestseller explores the principles of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case study. The Fourth Edition features more visual representations of the five approaches.