Maxwell, Joseph Alex,  1941- <br/><br/>
A realist approach for qualitative research / 
Joseph Maxwell. 
 - Thousand Oaks :  SAGE Publications,  2012. 
 - xiii, 222 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780761929239 (pbk.)  RM97.18 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qualitative research.<br/>Social sciences--Research.<br/>Research--Methodology.