TY - BOOK AU - Creswell, John W. AU - Poth, Cheryl N. TI - Qualitative inquiry & research design : : choosing among five approaches SN - 9781506330204 AV - H 61 .C74 2013 PY - 2018/// CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE Publications, Inc. KW - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH KW - RESEARCH DESIGN KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretative Frameworks -- 3. Designing a Qualitative Study -- 4. Five Qualitative Approaches to Inquiry -- 5. Five Different Qualitative Studies -- 6. Introducing and Focusing the Study -- 7. Data Collection -- 8. Data Analysis and Representation -- 9. Writing a Qualitative Study 10. Standard of Validation and Evaluation -- 11. "Turning the Story" and Conclusion N2 - This book explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of five qualitative inquiry approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. The authors compare the approaches and relate research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry in a highly accessible manner. Featuring new content, articles, pedagogy, references, and expanded coverage of ethics throughout, the book is an introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative inquiry ER -