Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches

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Introduction

Philosophical assumptions and interpretive frameworks

Designing a qualitative study

Five qualitative approaches to inquiry

Five different qualitative studies

Introducing and focusing the study

Data collection

Data analysis and representation

Writing a qualitative study

Standards of validation and evaluation

"Turning the story" and conclusion

Appendix A. An annotated glossary of terms

Appendix B.A narrative research study: "Living in the space between participant and researcher as a narrative inquirer : examining ethnic identity of Chinese Canadian students as conflicting stories to live by" / Elaine Chan

Appendix C.A phenomenological study: "Cognitive representations of AIDS" / Elizabeth H. Anderson and Margaret Hull Spencer

Appendix D.A grounded theory study: "Developing long-term physical activity participation: a grounded theory study with African American women" / Amy E. Harley, Janet Buckworth, Mira L. Katz, Sharla K. Willis, Angela Odoms-Young, and Catherine A. Heaney

Appendix E. An ethnography: "Rethinking subcultural resistance: core values of the straight edge movement" / Ross Haenfler

Appendix F.A case study: "Campus response to a student gunman" / Kelly J. Asmussen and John W. Creswell