I had to give myself just such a crash course a few years ago, and
remember finding these two quite helpful in addition to Denzin &
Lincoln's mighty tome:
John T.E. Richardson (Ed.) (2002). Handbook of qualitative research
methods for psychologists and the social scientists. BPS Blackwell.
Steinar Kvale (1996). InterViews: An introduction to qualitative research
interviewing. Sage.
Nicholas Gibson
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Monday 10:50pm, William Trochim wrote:
> You've probably had this question many times on the list, so feel free to
> tell me to stop interrupting your discussion if this question is too
> elementary.
>
> I have several faculty colleagues who were trained in quantitative methods
> (primarily in psychology) who have expressed to me an interest in getting a
> good sophisticated overview of qualitative methods. What would be the two
> or three essential texts that you would recommend for someone who wishes to
> self-study to become familiar with the terrain? A fairly advanced reading
> level and experience in research can be assumed. I tend to recommend
> Patton's book Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, or Creswell's book
> on Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods
> Approaches, or H. Russell Bernard's text Social Research Methods :
> Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. But I thought some of the people
> on this list might have some good alternative suggestions.
>
> Thanks for any help/advice.
>
>
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