Qualitative research methods : collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact / Sarah J. Tracy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-340) and index.

Contents: Developing contextual research that matters -- Entering the conversation of qualitative research -- Paradigmatic reflections and theoretical foundations -- Fieldwork and fieldplay: negotiating Access and exploring the scene -- Proposal writing: explaning your reseach to institutional review boards, instructors, supervisory committees, and funding agencies -- Field roles, fieldnotes. and field focus -- Interview planning and desing: sampling, recruting, and quesrioning -- Interview practice: embodied, mediated, and focus-group approaches -- Data analysis basics: a pragmatic iterative approach -- Advanced data analysis: the art and magic of interpretration -- Qualitative quality: creating a credible, ethical, significant study -- Writing pat 1: the nuts and bolts of qualitative tales -- Qualitative methodology matters: exiting and communucating impact.

"Qualitative Research Methods is a comprehensive, all-inclusive resource for the theory and practice of qualitative/ethnographic research methodology. Serves as a "how-to" guide for qualitative/ethnographic research, detailing how to design a project, conduct interviews and focus groups, interpret and analyze data, and represent it in a compelling manner Demonstrates how qualitative data can be systematically utilized to address pressing personal, organizational, and social problems Written in an engaging style, with in-depth examples from the author's own practice Comprehensive companion website includes sample syllabi, lesson plans, a list of helpful website links, test bank and exam review materials, and exercises and worksheets, available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/tracy "