Developing Theory Through Qualitative Inquiry

Developing Theory Through Qualitative Inquiry
Author: Johnny Saldana
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2024-02-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1071917587

This unique text shows researchers how to develop theories derived through qualitative inquiry. Johnny Saldaña illustrates how a theory is a research-based statement with an accompanying explicating narrative that contains six properties: concepts, propositional logic, parameters/variation, explanation/causation, generalizability/transferability, and the improvement of social life. The book features hundreds of examples of theories and metatheories from a wide range of disciplines and includes end-of-chapter activities for exercising the skills necessary to develop original theories. Just as Saldaña demystifies coding and qualitative data analysis in his bestselling Sage books, Developing Theory Through Qualitative Inquiry presents an accessible introduction to the principles and methods of theorizing for social insight.

Qualitative Research and Theory Development

Qualitative Research and Theory Development
Author: Mats Alvesson
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446259889

Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that ′fits the data′. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production. Rather than thinking about the theory-data ′fit′, Alvesson and Karreman will encourage you to consider the research process as one of theory-data interplay, asking if creative empirical material can challenge established theory and inspire new lines of development, and if breakdowns and mysteries encountered in research can be a constructive rather than destructive process. They will encourage you to think critically about empirical data in terms of construction rather than verification, and most importantly they will encourage you to develop theory that is interesting and novel, rather than naive or irrelevant, making this title essential reading for those who often find the traditional vocabulary and frameworks of social science research obvious or simplistic.

Basics of Qualitative Research

Basics of Qualitative Research
Author: Anselm Strauss
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1998-09-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803959392

The Second Edition of this best-selling textbook continues to offer immensely practical advice and technical expertise that will aid researchers in analyzing and interpreting their collected data, and ultimately build theory from it. The authors provide a step-by-step guide to the research act. Full of definitions and illustrative examples, the book presents criteria for evaluating a study as well as responses to common questions posed by students of qualitative research.

Research Design

Research Design
Author: John W. Creswell
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1452226105

The bestseller that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design continues in its Fourth Edition to help students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis.

Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research

Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research
Author: Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2011-12-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136511997

Winner of the 2013 American Educational Studies Association's Critics Choice Award!Thinking With Theory In Qualitative Research shows how to use various philosophical concepts in practices of inquiry; effectively opening up the process of data analysis in qualitative research. It uses a common data set and utilizes various theoretical perspectives

Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research

Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research
Author: Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2014-10-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483324680

The Second Edition of Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research, by Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. and Norma T. Mertz, brings together some of today’s leading qualitative researchers to discuss the frameworks behind their published qualitative studies. They share how they found and chose a theoretical framework, from what discipline the framework was drawn, what the framework posits, and how it influenced their study. Both novice and experienced qualitative researchers are able to learn first-hand from various contributors as they reflect on the process and decisions involved in completing their study. The book also provides background for beginning researchers about the nature of theoretical frameworks and their importance in qualitative research; about differences in perspective about the role of theoretical frameworks; and about how to find and use a theoretical framework.

Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis

Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis
Author: Kathy Charmaz
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2011-03-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1609181425

This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each approach looks like in action. The researchers then probe the similarities and differences among their approaches; their distinctive purposes and strengths; the role, style, and subjectivity of the individual researcher; and the scientific and ethical complexities of conducting qualitative research. Also included are the research participant's responses to each analysis of her experience. A narrative account from another research participant, "Gail," can be used by readers to practice the kinds of analysis explored in the book.

README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods

README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods
Author: Lyn Richards
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1412998069

This text offers current thinking in the field. The authors are well-established qualitative researchers and have pulled off a great text for the beginning researcher.

Developing Grounded Theory

Developing Grounded Theory
Author: Janice M. Morse
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2016-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315430568

Grounded theory is the most popular genre of qualitative research used in the health professions and is widely used elsewhere in the research world. In this volume, six key grounded theory methodologists examine the history, principles, and practices of this method, highlighting areas in which different strands of the methods diverge. Chapters cover the work of Anselm Strauss, Barney Glaser, Leonard Schatzman, and the postmodern and constructivist schools. Dialogues between the participants sharpen the debate and show key topics of agreement and disagreement. This volume will be ideal for courses on grounded theory that wish to show the ways in which it can be used in research studies.

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion
Author: Michael Huberman
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2002-03-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780761911913

This text provides a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. It examines theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives and empirical approaches.