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"On dissertation proposals on which I have served, Patton is by far the most cited qualitative research text." Ian Baptiste, Penn State University The book that has been a resource and training tool for countless applied researchers, evaluators, and graduate students has been completely revised with hundreds of new examples and stories illuminating all aspects of qualitative inquiry. Patton has created the most comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date review of qualitative methods available. "I am dazzled by the extent of the material that this book describes and clarifies. Patton has shifted the focus of the text to qualitative inquiry in general, which includes qualitative evaluation. New examples from his own work and that of others serve to clarify and deepen understanding of qualitative research topics and processes. New discussion of many current issues and debates in qualitative scholarship (autoethnography, ethical issues of informed consent and confidentiality, focus group/group interviews, computer-assisted analysis, the complexity of creating criteria for judging the quality of qualitative research, etc.) will bring readers up-to-date with the variety in perspectives about (and the variety within) qualitative inquiry. Most of the chapters in the book have been substantially reorganized in ways that augment the readers understanding. When anyone asks me about conducting qualitative inquiry, I will say: Get Pattons book." Corrine Glesne, author of Becoming Qualitative Researchers The Third Edition has retained and expanded upon the exhibits, which highlight and summarize major issues, guidelines, the summative sections, tables, and figures as well as the sage advice of the Sufi-Zen master, Halcolm. This revision will help readers integrate and make sense of the great volume of qualitative works published in the past decade. "Clearly, this is a vastly improved, much more comprehensive, cogently systematic, and timely review-a tour de force, one might say-of the field of qualitative research, in terms of the theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and normative dimensions/foundations of qualitative research. This is one of the strengths of the volume. It seeks to bring together theory and practice/methods without overburdening one or the other--this is as rare as it is commendable, not to mention extremely useful, not only for the professional researcher, but for the "non-professional" as well." Lester Edwin J. Ruiz, New York Theological Seminar New to this Edition - Integrates and makes sense of the great volume of qualitative works published in the past decade
- Offers strategies for enhancing quality and credibility of qualitative findings by presenting a new framework for differentiating five contrasting and competing sets of standards for judging the quality and utility of findings
- Unravels the complexities of mixed methods and triangulation
- Explains the new issues and approaches to fieldwork as well as providing detailed analytical guidelines, including software and computer-assisted options
- Explores, compares and contrasts 16 different theoretical and philosophical approaches to qualitative inquiry
- Examines alternative interviewing strategies and approaches, including focus group interviews, group interviews, and cross-cultural interviews
- Identifies the latest Internet resources
Pedagogical Features to Enhance the Readers Understanding of the Material: - Exhibit Boxes:
Summarize and illuminate major points within chapters - Chapter Opening Stories by Halcolm:
Use wit and humor to engage the reader in reflecting upon the puzzles and lessons of qualitative research - Foundational Questions:
Orient the reader to the "meat" of the material being presented - End of Chapter Appendices:
Provide excerpts of detailed examples of particular techniques, such as open-ended interviews, case studies, etc. - Comparison Tables:
Organize, compare and contrast different approaches, strategies, and paradigms - Original Cartoons:
Created from the books material, illuminate and poke fun at chapter concepts
great purchase
| Customer Rating:  | | I recieved my book in less than 3 days. Much faster than I had planned on. |
Good book
| Customer Rating:  | | It is a good introductory book, it gives a lot of examples, easy to read, and it has an atractive presentation format. If you are interested on methodology, applied methods and tools, it can help you considerably. In my opinion it is not a book for epistemological debate. |
Patton: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods
| Customer Rating: | Nobody writes like Patton. He is very entertaining, and makes his points eloquently. If you have the time, it is a great book which is very informative. If you don't have the time, try Creswell.
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A classic book for QUAL research
| Customer Rating: | This book is classic! I cited this book a lot when I wrote my papers.
Strongly recommend although the price is high for a graduate student. |
Readable
| Customer Rating: | | I bought this book to be read with a research group at my graduate school and we have all found it to be useful. It is a good introduction into qualitative methods that uses discourse that beginners to qualitative research can understand without being demeaning. It uses a great deal of examples to illustrate the concepts. I recommend it! |
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