QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: STUDYING HOW THINGS WORK

Sinopsis de QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: STUDYING HOW THINGS WORK

Stake directs the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Writing in plain language, he offers guidelines on planning a qualitative study, with frequent breaks for forays into great literature and jokes to illustrate concepts. The book includes examples from actual studies, and recommends 20 projects based on the data presented in the book. Chapters cover experiential understanding, stating the problem, gathering data, and review of the literature, in addition to evidence-based decision making, analysis and synthesis of the research data, and writing the final report. The final chapter on advocacy and ethics describes six types of advocacies common in qualitative studies and discusses protection of human subjects. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc.