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Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design
Choosing Among Five Approaches

Fifth Edition
416 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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In the Fifth Edition of the bestselling text Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, John W. Creswell and Cheryl N. Poth guide researchers in selecting the best option for their studies by exploring, evaluating, and applying five qualitative research approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. For each of these qualitative inquiry traditions, the authors explore the philosophical underpinnings, history, defining features, common data procedures, and writing structures. With expanded content reflecting technological developments in the qualitative research process, more inclusivity and diversity in examples, and updated references, the Fifth Edition is an ideal introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative research.

Winner of the 2018 Textbook & Academic Authors Association's The McGuffey Longevity Award

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1 • Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design
 
2 • Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretive Frameworks
 
3 • Designing a Qualitative Study
 
4 • Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry
 
5 • Five Different Qualitative Studies
 
6 • Introducing and Focusing the Study
 
7 • Data Collection
 
8 • Data Analysis and Representation
 
9 • Writing a Qualitative Study
 
10 • Standards of Validation and Evaluation
 
11 • “Turning the Story” and Conclusion to Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design

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"Creswell & Poth's text is clear, comprehensive, and compelling. The students loved this text."

Michael Kearns
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

"After almost 6 years of teaching this class using this book, I have yet to find a student who does not like it. This is unusual in textbooks, and it shows me that the writing is clear, yet at a level of complexity that matches my students' needs. My students consider this a kind of 'formula' book, where they can follow the examples and conduct their own study with some guidance from me. I respect what Dr. Creswell has attempted to do for instructors and students, and I appreciate the approaches he takes (both methodologically and text-wise!)."

Randy Larkins
University of Northern Colorado

"The writing is clear and to the point. The use of jargon is minimal. Focusing on five different types of research designs is a friendly way to introduce this topic to students interested in qualitative research."

Alejandro Morales
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

"The vivid and extended examples of the different approaches to research that is a theme throughout the entire book is a huge strength. Those examples really help learning. In addition, the charts and tables which help the reader make distinctions among the approaches are helpful."

Tessa Milman
University of Southern California

John Ward Creswell

John W. Creswell, PhD, is a professor of family medicine and senior research scientist at the Michigan Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan. He has authored numerous articles and 30 books on mixed methods research, qualitative research, and research design. While at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he held the Clifton Endowed Professor Chair, served as Director of the Mixed Methods Research Office, founded SAGE’s Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and was an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Michigan and a consultant to the Veterans Administration health services research center in Ann Arbor,... More About Author

Cheryl N. Poth

Cheryl N. Poth, PhD, has been a faculty member of the Centre for Research and Applied Measurement and Evaluation within the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta since 2008. In this role, she has developed and taught graduate-level research methods and program evaluation courses in addition to supervising and mentoring students, faculty, and community members in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Dr. Poth has an adjunct appointment in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and serves as the methodologist on several cross-disciplinary research teams. She has been... More About Author

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