Providing students in applied social and behavioral science disciplines with invaluable guidance on developing and successfully defending qualitative research proposals, the Fifth Edition of this bestselling text offers expanded coverage of ethics, data analysis, and research design techniques. Authors Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman cover distance-based research (such as email interviews); the implications of postmodern turns; integrating archival material; and creative ways of presenting the research. The authors include updates to popular features, such as vignettes that illustrate the methodological challenges today's qualitative researcher face.

Table of Contents :

1 Introduction 1
2 The "What" of the Study: Building the Conceptual Framework 21
3 The "How" of the Study: Building the Research Design 55
4 Data Collection Methods 105
5 Recording, Managing, and Analyzing Data 147
6 Planning Time and Resources 167
7 Defending the Value and Logic of Qualitative Research 191
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