Machine generated contents note: Purpose and Rationale for the Book -- What Is New in This Edition -- Positioning Myself -- Selection of the Five Approaches -- Narrative Research -- Phenomenology -- Grounded Theory -- Ethnography -- Case Study -- Audience -- Organization -- Questions for Discussion -- Philosophical Assumptions -- A Framework for Understanding Assumptions -- Why Philosophy Is Important -- Four Philosophical Assumptions -- Writing Philosophical Assumptions Into Qualitative Studies -- Interpretive Frameworks -- Postpositivism -- Social Constructivism -- Transformative Frameworks -- Postmodern Perspectives -- Pragmatism -- Feminist Theories -- Critical Theory and Critical Race Theory (CR7) -- Queer Theory -- Disability Theories -- The Practice of Using Social Justice Interpretive Frameworks in Qualitative Research -- Linking Philosophy and Interpretive Frameworks -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion --

Contents note continued: The Characteristics of Qualitative Research -- When to Use Qualitative Research -- What a Qualitative Study Requires From Us -- The Process of Designing a Qualitative Study -- Preliminary Considerations -- Steps in the Process -- Elements in All Phases of the Research -- Ethical Issues During All Phases of the Research Process -- The General Structure of a Plan or Proposal -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Narrative Research -- Definition and Background -- Defining Features of Narrative Studies -- Types of Narratives -- Procedures for Conducting Narrative Research -- Challenges -- Phenomenological Research -- Definition and Background -- Defining Features of Phenomenology -- Types of Phenomenology -- Procedures for Conducting Phenomenological Research -- Challenges -- Grounded Theory Research -- Definition and Background -- Defining Features of Grounded Theory -- Types of Grounded Theory Studies --

Contents note continued: Procedures for Conducting Grounded Theory Research -- Challenges -- Ethnographic Research -- Definition and Background -- Defining Features of Ethnographies -- Types of Ethnographies -- Procedures for Conducting an Ethnography -- Challenges -- Case Study Research -- Definition and Background -- Defining Features of Case Studies -- Types of Case Studies -- Procedures for Conducting a Case Study -- Challenges -- The Five Approaches Compared -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- A Narrative Study (Chan, 2010; see Appendix B) -- A Phenomenological Study (Anderson & Spencer, 2002; see Appendix C) -- A Grounded Theory Study (Harley et al., 2009; see Appendix D) -- An Ethnographic Study (Haenfler, 2004; see Appendix E) -- A Case Study (Asmussen & Creswell, 1995; see Appendix F) -- Differences Among the Approaches -- Central Features of Each Approach -- Selecting Your Approach -- Summary -- Additional Readings --

Contents note continued: Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- The Research Problem Statement -- The Purpose Statement -- The Research Questions -- The Central Question -- Subquestions -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- The Data Collection Circle -- The Site or Individual -- Access and Rapport -- Institutional Review Boards -- Access and Rapport Within the Five Approaches -- Purposeful Sampling Strategy -- Participants in the Sample -- Types of Sampling -- Sample Size -- Forms of Data -- Interviewing -- Observation -- Recording Procedures -- Field Issues -- Access to the Organization -- Observations -- Interviews -- Documents and Audiovisual Materials -- Ethical Issues -- Storing Data -- Five Approaches Compared -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Three Analysis Strategies -- The Data Analysis Spiral -- Organizing the Data -- Reading and Memoing --

Contents note continued: Describing, Classifying, and Interpreting Data Into Codes and Themes -- Interpreting the Data -- Representing and Visualizing the Data -- Analysis Within Approaches to Inquiry -- Narrative Research Analysis and Representation -- Phenomenological Analysis and Representation -- Grounded Theory Analysis and Representation -- Ethnographic Analysis and Representation -- Case Study Analysis and Representation -- Comparing the Five Approaches -- Computer Use in Qualitative Data Analysis -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- A Sampling of Computer Programs -- Use of Computer Software Programs With the Five Approaches -- How to Choose Among the Computer Programs -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Several Writing Strategies -- Reflexivity and Representations in Writing -- Audience for Our Writings -- Encoding Our Writings -- Quotes in Our Writings -- Overall and Embedded Writing Strategies -- Narrative Writing Structure --

Contents note continued: Overall Structure -- Embedded Structure -- Phenomenological Writing Structure -- Overall Structure -- Embedded Structure -- Grounded Theory Writing Structure -- Overall Structure -- Embedded Structure -- Ethnographic Writing Structure -- Overall Structure -- Embedded Structure -- Case Study Writing Structure -- Overall Structure -- Embedded Structure -- A Comparison of Narrative Structures -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Validation and Reliability in Qualitative Research -- Perspectives on Validation -- Validation Strategies -- Reliability Perspectives -- Evaluation Criteria -- Qualitative Perspectives -- Narrative Research -- Phenomenological Research -- Grounded Theory Research -- Ethnographic Research -- Case Study Research -- Comparing the Evaluation Standards of the Five Approaches -- Summary -- Additional Readings -- Exercises -- Turning the Story -- A Case Study -- A Narrative Study --

Contents note continued: A Phenomenology -- A Grounded Theory Study -- An Ethnography -- Conclusion -- Exercises.