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• Offers a contemporary perspective: This new edition takes the current political climate into consideration and introduces readers to today’s research environment. This edition also includes discussions about distance-based research (such as email interviews and online discussion groups), the implications of postmodern turns, integrating archival material in qualitative research, and creative ways of presenting the research.
• Provides updated references: Updated material enables researchers to find resources that reflect emerging genres and choices guided by the most recent insights, controversies, examples, and research tools. This version of the book addresses recent thinking on "the researcher in the research setting." In addition, the end of each chapter features a post script that consists of a dialogue between a student and an advisor which illustrates design dilemmas in real time.
• Emphasizes a step-by-step approach: The text walks readers through the crafting of a research project from start to finish in a step-by-step fashion. Concrete models for the various parts of a proposal are provided to help readers create outlines, entry letters, consent letters, budgets, and timelines.

Intended Audience:
Perfect for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking their first or second Qualitative Research Methods or General Research Methods course, as well as for individual researchers across the social science disciplines; in addition it is a must-have resource for the library of those using qualitative approaches

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This was my first time learning qualitative research and I have found this book to be very good for the beginner, like me. It is written clearly and has many examples to clarify points.

The best yet

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I have recently read this book and found it very useful in terms of providing up to date references on most aspects of Qualitative Research. I found the chapters on Thematic analysis and coding very helpful indeed and wished that I had this book when engaged in my doctoral studies. I am pleased to refer researchers and students engaged in such work to carefully read this book. I plan to use it in an upcoming Journal paper that I am writing.

About as interesting as watching paint peel

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This was the set text for a post-grad qual methods course I did. It gives a good coverage of the basics but it is horrible to read, boring and dull. Get Patton's book instead, more depth of coverage and actually enjoyable to read. My copies of Patton and Miles and Huberman are dog-earred with use after finishing my thesis and I am wishing I had bought my own copy of Rubin & Rubin as well as the Bilham book but this one I have never picked up since I finished the course.

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I used this as a reference during a Masters class. It was very useful when it came time to design my research project.

Great Overview on Qualitative Research	Customer Rating:
If you are in graduate school and decide to do your thesis as a qualitative research project, I would highly recommend this book. Even though the authors describe what qualitative research is, I would recommend that you read one of the texts they mention for the individual techniques. For example, even though it has a nice overview of case study, one should read Yin's book on case study research.