Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (eBook)

Robert K. Yin, PhD, is Chairman of the Board and CEO of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm that has been in operation since 1980. COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for government agencies, private foundations, and other entrepreneurial and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Yin has authored five books--including Case Study Research, now in its fifth edition--and over 100 peer-reviewed articles. His research has covered a wide array of fields, such as primary, secondary, and postsecondary education; health promotion, HIV/AIDS prevention, and substance abuse prevention; organizational development and program evaluation; neighborhood, community, and urban development; and technological innovation and communications.

I. Understanding Qualitative Research 1. What Is Qualitative Research--and Why Might You Consider Doing Such Research? 2. Getting Ready to Do Qualitative Research 3. How to Start a Qualitative Research Study II. Doing Qualitative Research 4. Choices in Designing Qualitative Research Studies 5. Doing Fieldwork 6. Data Collection Methods 7. Recording Data 8. Analyzing Qualitative Data, I: Compiling, Disassembling, and Reassembling 9. Analyzing Qualitative Data, II: Intepreting and Concluding III. Presenting the Results from Qualitative Research 10. Displaying Qualitative Data 11. Composing Research, to Share It with Others IV. Taking Qualitative Research One Step Further 12. Broadening the Challenge of Doing Qualitative Research Appendix A. Illustrative Study Bank Appendix B. Two Levels of Data Collection Units in Illustrative Qualitative Studies Cited in This Book Appendix C. A Semester- or Year-Long Project A Glossary of Special Terms Used in Qualitative Research