PREFACE
THIS BEGINNING TEXTBOOK, Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs, is designed specifically for students taking their first, and possibly only, qualitative research course. Writing a text for students in education and the social sciences, we set out to serve three main purposes:
- Provide a broad spectrum of research approaches, ranging from such recognizable investigative areas as historical and ethnographic research to emerging methodologies including autoethnography and arts-based research
- Detail the basic purposes and processes of research approaches, explaining in each case how they are planned, conducted, and reported
- Offer explanations and examples of how educational and social scientific research study results ...