Books in the Understanding Qualitative Research series

This volume guides readers on practical and theoretical considerations in conducting focus group research. Separate chapters are devoted to writing focus group methods and presenting findings. Strategies for assessing the quality of focus group research are included and case study examples of field research are provided throughout.

Perhaps the greatest strength of choosing video as a method for social research is its flexible and almost limitless potential for gathering, analyzing, writing up, and disseminating the research findings. Understanding the rich potential of video as both method and methodology is a process inextricably linked to epistemological, study design, analysis, and dissemination choices. As technology and media have evolved, video has become a primary tool of presentinginformation and ideas and a means of culture making. Video as Method provides researchers with a guide to understanding, designing, conducting, and disseminating video-based research, and the rapid proliferation of approaches, uses, and designs now available. In the face of large data sets, and the great range of types and uses of video as an effective research tool, many researchers struggle to know how best to represent both video-based methodologies and research findings. Anne Harris provides in-depth examples in each chapter, andguides readers step-by-step through the chapter topics in a methodical fashion that mirrors the research journey.

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research approaches qualitative inquiry as a strategically selected composite of genres, elements, and styles. Saldana, author of the bestselling book, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, brings clear writing and explanatory prowess to this new textbook for learning the fundamentals of qualitative research methods.

It is common to conduct cognitive testing to evaluate survey questionnaires, but analysis procedures have not been well described. Dr. Willis describes alternative models of coding, analysis, and reporting, to enable researchers to convert cognitive-interview data into meaningful, well-supported, and actionable findings and summary reports.

Part of the Understanding Qualitative Research series, Oral History serves as a guide to evaluating oral history research. It addresses issues surrounding the history including how to fully and succinctly report and present the material, as well as the challenges of evaluating it.

Qualitative interviewing has today become one of the most common research methods across the human and social sciences, but one that appears in a number of different guises. Qualitative Interviewing will help its readers write, represent, understand, and critique qualitative interview research in its many forms as currently practiced.

This book focuses on the process of writing qualitative Internet research. Covering ethnographic, interview-based, and documentary analysis, Understanding Qualitative Research: The Internet offers clear guidance on applying these approaches to Internet settings

Duoethnography is a collaborative research methodology in which two or more researchers engage in a dialogue on their disparate histories in a given phenomenon. Their goal is to interrogate and re-conceptualize existing beliefs through a conversation that is written in a play-script format. This book focuses on the methodology of duoethnography.

Research that occurs in the context of emergencies and disasters requires attention to challenging contexts and circumstances. This book walks readers through the ways in which those contexts can be managed to produce careful, rigorous, and scholarly work. Students and faculty will find the book both approachable and inspiring and perfect for use in training the next generation of disaster researchers.

Brimming with examples, this book demonstrates how qualitative researchers can use autoethnography as a method for qualitative research. Topics include a brief history of autoethnography; the purposes and practices of doing autoethnography; interpreting, analyzing, and representing personal experience; and evaluating autoethnographic work.

Philosophies of Qualitative Research helps readers understand, present, and critique the different roles of philosophical paradigms in qualitative research. Author Svend Brinkmann shows how to reflect upon, report, and evaluate the ways in which philosophical positions inform qualitative research as it is currently practiced.

Evaluating Qualitative Research explores the theories, practices, and reflections associated with qualitative research. By collating information from websites and qualitative research journals, this book informs readers on a variety of approaches to help them evaluate the quality of qualitative research for their needs.

Qualitative Research and Complex Teams provides a complete, up-to-date, and contextualized understanding of how to conduct qualitative research in complex teams from research design to project conduct and development of team products. With specific emphasis on writing, it provides a useful guide for novices and experienced research leaders.

Diary research methods are distinct in the qualitative canon for their mode of data collection. This book discusses diary research history, design, data collection, data analysis, composing the final report, evaluation, and ethics.

This book provides the first volume focused on distinguishing psychological interview methods for probing distinct forms of student cognition for assessment purposes: student problem solving versus student comprehension and understanding of the subject matter at hand.