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Qualitative Data Collection Tools - Design, Development, and Applications (Paperback)
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Qualitative Data Collection Tools - Design, Development, and Applications (Paperback)
Series: Qualitative Research Methods
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Qualitative Data Collection Tools is a new and unique supplementary
text that will guide students and new researchers to design,
develop, pilot, and employ qualitative tools in order to collect
qualitative data. An often-omitted subject in general qualitative
textbooks, qualitative tools form the backbone of the data
collection process. Students and new researchers are frequently
left to create their own qualitative tools from scratch, an
unnecessary hurdle in the qualitative research design process.
Author Felice D. Billups has used her experience as a qualitative
researcher, and in teaching and advising students about qualitative
research, to develop the templates in this book as a starting point
for readers conducting original qualitative research. The author
briefly describes each method of data collection and offers readers
suggestions for using and adapting the qualitative instrument
templates within the text. Templates of interview protocols, focus
group moderator guides, content analysis tools, document analysis
tools, reflective questionnaires, diary and journal logs, and
observational rubrics give the reader either a cut-and-paste
solution for their own research or a starting point to design their
own personalized qualitative tools. The first three chapters
illuminate the qualitative data collection process and the role
each type of qualitative tool plays in that process. The next six
chapters provide detailed guides and numerous templates for each
qualitative data collection method, covering interviews, focus
groups, conversation and discourse analysis, observations, document
analysis, field notes, journaling, and other reflective practices.
A final chapter pulls together the multifaceted nature of
qualitative research design and connects each tool back to the
methodology to ensure trustworthiness and rigor in the data
collection and instrument development process. Exemplars populate
the appendices, offering readers concrete inspiration for ways to
use and adapt the tools provided. If you have ever puzzled over how
to best to design qualitative tools in order to guide and structure
your qualitative data collection, or if you are embarking on your
first qualitative study, Qualitative Data Collection Tools will
give you a practical starting point to help make your qualitative
data collection process easier and more organized.
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