A realist approach for qualitative research /
Maxwell, Joseph Alex, 1941-
A realist approach for qualitative research / Joseph Maxwell. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2012. - xiii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is realism, and why should qualitative researchers care? -- Meaning and culture are real -- Causation is real -- Diversity is real -- The realities of research design -- Research relationships and data collection -- Real and virtual relationships in qualitative data analysis (with Barbara Miller) -- Understanding, validity, and evidence -- Explaining Plains Indian Social Organization -- Meaning and diversity in inuit kinship and culture.
9780761929239 (pbk.) RM97.18
Qualitative research.
Social sciences--Research.
Research--Methodology.
A realist approach for qualitative research / Joseph Maxwell. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2012. - xiii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is realism, and why should qualitative researchers care? -- Meaning and culture are real -- Causation is real -- Diversity is real -- The realities of research design -- Research relationships and data collection -- Real and virtual relationships in qualitative data analysis (with Barbara Miller) -- Understanding, validity, and evidence -- Explaining Plains Indian Social Organization -- Meaning and diversity in inuit kinship and culture.
9780761929239 (pbk.) RM97.18
Qualitative research.
Social sciences--Research.
Research--Methodology.