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| adam_text | Foundations of Qualitative Research introduces key theoretical and epistemological
concepts repiete with historical and current real-world examples. Using an accessible and
nonintimidating style that brings seemingly difficult concepts to life, author Jerry W. Willis
provides an invaluable resource for guiding the critical and qualitative inquiry process.
Key Features
•
Covers the conceptual foundations of the interpretive, critical, and
postpositivist
paradigms: A
thorough background of theory and social inquiry is given through examination of the
development of each paradigm throughout history.
•
Introduces seven qualitative research frameworks: The book provides in-depth coverage on
Aitheide and Johnson s Analytic Realism.
Denzin
and Lincoln s interpretive· Perspective.
Eisner s Connolsseurship
Modei
of Inquiry. Semiotics, the Phenomenological Psychological
Modet.
Poststructuralism and
Pestmodernism,
and Symbolic Interactionism.
•
Provides mal-worid examples: Cases illustrate different approaches to the same research
problem so
ihat
students can better understand the contrasting features of these paradigms.
•
Offers
generai
guidelines for qualitative research: The text conceptually covers best practices,
approaches to data analysis, and interpretation of
qualitative
research.
•
Examines emergent methods
¡n quáäatíve
research; The author includes new research
amas
such as PAR. emancipatory research, and participatory design research, as well as
summaries of exemplary journal
artides
to further
lustrate
how theory (inks to research
practice.
Intended Audience
This text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking their first or
second qualitative
rasearetì
methods course in the fields of education, psychology, and the
health and social sciences. It is aiso an
excelent
tfieory companion supplement to more
applied
quaiHaíkŕ&
meëicds
texts.
Brief Contents
list of Definitions xiii
list of Articles of Interest xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. World Views, Paradigms, and the
Practice of Social Science Research 1
2. History and Context of Paradigm Development 27
3. Foundational Issues: Postpositivist and Critical Perspectives 67
4. History and Foundations of Interpretivist Research 95
5. Frameworks for Qualitative Research 147
6. General Guidelines for Qualitative Research 185
7. Methods of Qualitative Research 229
8. Approaches to Data Analysis and Interpretation 287
9. 21st-century Social Science Research: Peering Into the Future 321
Index 353
About the Author 367
Detailed Contents
list of Definitions xiii
list of Articles of Interest xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. World Views, Paradigms, and the Practice of
Social Science Research 1
Case 1. Quantitative Research 1
Case 2. Qualitative Research 2
What This Book Is and Is Not About 6
Just What Is a Paradigm? 8
Family Resemblances Within Paradigm Groups 11
Thinking About the Foundations and
Practice of Research 13
What Warrants Our Attention? 15
The Traditional Canon 16
Alternative Paradigms 17
New Techniques or New Paradigms? 19
Summary 22
Questions for Reflection 23
2. History and Context of Paradigm Development 27
Three Paradigms 32
Positivism: A Response to Metaphysical
and Magical Explanations 32
The Middle Ages (330-1450) 33
The Renaissance (1450-1600): The
Beginning of Empiricism 34
The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1800):
Empiricism as a Major Source of Knowledge 36
Critical Theory-. A Response to Inequities in Society 44
What Did Marxism Respond To? 44
The Frankfurt School: The Beginnings
of Critical Theory 47
Interpretivism: A Response to the Excesses
of Scientific Social Science 48
The Response to Objectivism: Interpretivism 51
The Rise of Verstehen and Hermeneutics in
the Social Sciences 53
The Special Cases of Postmodernism and Feminism 54
Postmodernism 54
Feminist Theory and Research 57
Summary 60
Questions for Reflection 61
3. Foundational Issues: Postpositivist and Critical Perspectives 67
Social Science Research: The View From
the Postpositivist Paradigm 72
The Foundations of Postpositivist Research 74
Nature of Reality 74
Purpose of Research 75
Acceptable Methods and Data 76
Meaning of Data 77
Relationship of Research to Practice 78
Examples of Postpositivist Research 78
Social Science Research: The View
From the Critical Theory Paradigm 81
Nature of Reality 83
Purpose of Research 84
Acceptable Methods and Data 86
Meaning of Data 86
Relationship of Research to Practice 87
Examples of Critical Research 87
Summary 91
Questions for Reflection 91
4. History and Foundations of Interpretivist Research 95
Nature of Reality 95
Purpose of Research 98
Verstehen 100
Hermeneutics 104
Phenomenology (and Existentialism) 107
Acceptable Methods and Data 109
Meaning of Data 111
Relationship of Research to Practice 117
Implications of an Interpretivist Approach 122
What Sorts of Research Are Worthwhile? 131
Examples of Interpretive Research 132
Summary 139
Questions for Reflection 141
5. Frameworks for Qualitative Research 147
Postpositivist Research 147
Moments of Qualitative Research 150
The Traditional Period (Early 1900s-World War II) 151
The Modernist Phase (1940s-1970s) 152
Blurred Genres (1970s-1986) 152
Crisis of Representation (Mid-1980s) 153
A Triple Crisis (Today) 154
The Fifth or Postmodern Moment 155
The Sixth or Postexperimental
Inquiry Moment (1995-2000) 155
The Seventh or Methodologically
Contested Moment (2000-2004) 156
The Eighth Moment: Methodological
Backlash (2OO5-?) 156
Some General Frameworks for Qualitative Research 158
Altheide and Johnson s Analytic Realism 158
Denzin and Lincoln s Interpretive Perspectii v 160
Eisner s Connoisseurship Model of Inquiry 162
Coherence 166
Consensus 166
Instrumental Utility 167
Insightfulness 16 7
Semiotics 168
The Phenomenological Psychological
Model (and Structuralism) 1~1
Poststructuralism and Postmodernism H4
Symbolic Interactionism 176
Summary 181
Questions for Reflection 181
6. General Guidelines for Qualitative Research 185
Guidelines for Qualitative Research 188
Situated or Contextual Understanding,
Not Truth, Is the Purpose of Research 188
Accept Multiple Sources of Influence 191
Expect Multiple Perspectives and Seek Them 192
Take a Foundational Rather Than Technique Perspective 195
Practice Recursive (Iterative) and Emergent
Data Collection and Analysis 200
Use Multiple Sources of Data 203
Think of Research as a Reflective Process: The Researcher
Is the Primary Tool for Data Collection and Analysis 203
Emphasize Participatory Research 206
Adopt an Open Approach 209
Deal With Bias Directly 210
Select Natural Contexts for Research 211
Research Should Be Holistic, Not Atomistic 211
Research Involves More Than Induction and Deduction-.
Analogical Reasoning, Abduction, and
Family Resemblances 213
Alternatives to Postpositivist Criteria for
Believability: Validity and Reliability 216
Alternative Approaches to Validity and
Reliability: Triangulation and More 218
Alternatives to Triangulation 220
Conclusions? Aren t They Generalizations? 222
Summary 224
Questions for Reflection 224
7. Methods of Qualitative Research 229
Case 1: Action Research on a Pediatric Surgical Ward 229
Part I. Established Qualitative Research Methods 232
Ethnography 233
An Ethnographic Case (Herodotus, 5th Century b.c.e.) 233
General Framework for Ethnographic Research 236
Case Studies: Another Form of Qualitative Observation 238
General Framework of Case Studies 240
Variations in Case Study Research 242
Interview Research 244
Historiography 247
Case 2: Racial Gerrymandering in Cincinnati 247
Case 3: Black Participation in South African Policymaking 249
Historical Research and Paradigms 252
Historiography: The Research Methods of History 259
Part II. Innovative Methods: Participatory
Qualitative Research 260
Cooperative Inquiry 262
Participatory Action Research 264
Postpositivist Action Research 265
Interpretivist Action Research 267
Critical-Emancipatory Action Research 269
Ways of Doing Action Research 269
Participatory and Constructivist Instructional Design 271
Recursive (Iterative), Nonlinear Design 272
Reflection 273
Emancipatory Research 27 4
Critical Emancipatory Action Research 277
Summary 278
Questions for Reflection 279
8. Approaches to Data Analysis and Interpretation 287
Purpose of Research 288
General Theory 288
Local Theory 291
Objective Description 292
Hermeneutic (Verstehen) Understanding 293
Storytelling and Narrative 295
Data Analysis Families 297
Eyeballing the Data 298
Connoisseur ship: A Global Perspective 300
Hermeneutics as a Data Analysis Method 301
Grounded Theory 306
Analytic Induetio i 310
The Ethics of Research 311
Summary 316
Questions for Reflection 318
9. 21st-century Social Science Research:
Peering Into the Future 321
Will the Cacophony Continue? 322
Why Can t Social Science Converge on the Answer? 323
Dialog as an Alternative to Competition 326
Three Approaches to Knowing in Greek Thought 327
Accepting Plato, Aristotle, and the Humanities:
There Is Absolute Truth 328
Rejecting Plato, Accepting Aristotle-. Empiricism (and Later the
Scientific Method) Is the Royal Road to Knowledge 330
Accepting Plato, Rejecting Aristotle: Social Science
Is Separate From the Humanities 330
Suppose We Chose Poorly? 330
Rejecting the Fundamentalism of Both Aristotle
and Plato.- The Search for Knowing Is Continuous 331
Rejecting Aristotle and Plato Again-. Value Many Sources of
Knowledge, Not Just One 331
Rejecting Plato and Accepting Aristotle s Advice
About Poets: Link Closely With the Humanities 334
Two Theories That May Help Us Build
21st-century Social Science 336
Poetic Logic 537
Chaos and Complexity Theory: Another
Route to a Nonlinear Social Science 340
Some Core Concepts in Complexity and Chaos Theory 343
Sensitive Dependence on Initial Setting Conditions:
The Butterfly Effect 343
Strange Attractors: Another Challenge to Linearity 346
Fractal Geometry and Social Behavior 347
Chaotic Systems Have Special Characteristics 348
Summary 350
Questions for Reflection 350
Index 353
About the Author 367
List of Definitions
Chapter 1
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) 1
Reflection 4
Interpretivism 6
Ontology and Epistemology 9
Positivism 12
Propositional Logic 18
Chapter 2
Scientific Determinism 28
Dialectical Materialism 29
Empiricism and Rationalism 36
Logical Positivism 40
Chapter 3
Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics 68
Chapter 4
Ernie and Etic 100
Ordinary Language Philosophers 102
Foundationalism 105
Antirepresentationalism 116
Tacit Knowledge Versus Explicit Knowledge 120
Critical Rationality 124
Hypothetical Construct 127
Chapter 5
Deconstruction 168
? xiii
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Chapter 7
Nihilism 255
Transcendent Categories 258
Whiggish 258
Gestalt Psychology 265
List of Articles of Interest
Chapter 1
Jasper: Using Reflective Writing Within Research 5
Valsiner: Data as Representations: Contextualizing
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Strategies 7
Vinden: Gathering Up the Fragments After
Positivism: Can Ratner Make Us Whole Again? 10
Chapter 2
Laruelle: The Discipline of Culturology:
A New Ready-Made Thought for Russia 31
Chapter 3
Ryan: Does Postmodernism Mean the End of Science in
the Behavioral Sciences, and Does It Matter Anyway? 75
Racher Robinson: Are Phenomenology and
Postpositivism Strange Bedfellows? 76
Yanchar Hill: What Is Psychology About?
Toward an Explicit Ontology 77
Howard et al.: Teaching Evidence-Based Practice:
Toward a New Paradigm for Social Work Education 78
Fleetwood: Ontology in Organization and
Management Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective 84
Cannella Lincoln: Epilogue: Claiming a Critical Public Social
Science—Reconceptualizing and Redeploying Research 85
Birden: Theorizing a Coalition-Engendered
Education: The Case of the Boston Women s
Health Book Collective s Body Education 90
? XV
xvi A FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Chapter 4
Praetorius: Inconsistencies in the
Assumptions of Constructivism and Naturalism 98
Harrington: In Defense of Verstehen and Erkldren 101
Prasad: The Contest Over Meaning: Hermeneutics
as an Interpretive Methodology for Understanding Texts 107
Caelli: The Changing Face of Phenomenological Research:
Traditional and American Phenomenology in Nursing 109
Sandelowski Barroso: Writing the Proposal for a Qualitative
Research Methodology Project 111
Teddlie: Methodological Issues Related to Causal Studies of
Leadership 126
Wuest: Negotiating With Helping Systems: An Example of
Grounded Theory Evolving Through Emergent Fit 131
Chapter 5
Hammersley: Not Bricolage but Boatbuilding:
Exploring Two Metaphors for Thinking About Ethnography 157
Turnbull: Bricolage as an Alternative Approach to
Human Resource Development Theory Building 159
Teo: Ideological Dissonances in Singapore s National
Campaign Posters: A Semiotic Deconstruction 171
Blumenreich: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Conventional
Narrative Research: Using Poststructural Theory to
Guide the Creation of Narratives of Children with HIV 176
Crossley: The Circuit Trainer s Habitus: Reflexive
Body Techniques and the Sociality of the Workout 180
Harris: Studying Equality/Inequality: Naturalist and
Constructionist Approaches to Equality in Marriage 180
Chapter 6
Shanks: Feminism s Family Resemblances 187
Prasad: The Contest Over Meaning: Hermeneutics
as an Interpretive Methodology for Understanding Texts 190
Logan et al.: Protective Orders in Rural and Urban Areas:
A Multiple Perspective Study 195
Holloway Todres: The Status of Method: Flexibility,
Consistency and Coherence 200
List of Articles of Interest ? xvii
Chamberlain: Methodolatry and Qualitative Health Research 200
Mauthner Doucet: Reflexive Accounts and Accounts of
Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis 205
Krimerman: Participatory Action Research:
Should Social Inquiry Be Conducted Democratically? 208
Sheehan Rode: On Scientific Narrative: Stories
of Light by Newton and Einstein 212
Whittemore et al.: Validity in Qualitative Research 221
Payne Williams: Generalization in Qualitative Research 223
Chapter 7
Jarvie: Freeman and Mead Again 235
Vanderstaay: One Hundred Dollars and a Dead Man:
Ethical Decision Making in Ethnographic Fieldwork 238
Meyer: A Case in Case Study Methodology 244
Caviness: Iconoclasm and Iconophobia: Four
Historical Case Studies 260
Stoecker: Are Academics Irrelevant? Roles for
Scholars in Participatory Research 262
Reason: Integrating Action and Reflection Through
Co-operative Inquiry 263
Dickens Watkins: Action Research: Rethinking Lewin 267
Healy: Participatory Action Research and Social Work:
A Critical Appraisal 268
Chapter 8
Lopez Emmer: Adolescent Male Offenders: A
Grounded Theory Study of Cognition, Emotion,
and Delinquent Crime Contexts 289
Sielbeck-Bowen: Development of Local Program Theory:
Using Theory-Oriented Evaluation to Make a Difference 291
Heinschel: A Descriptive Study of the Interactive
Guided Imagery Experience 292
Langdridge Butt: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological
Investigation of the Construction of Sadomasochistic Identities 294
Sikes: Storying Schools: Issues Around Attempts to
Create a Sense of Feel and Place in Narrative Research Writing 296
xviii -i FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Skj0rshammer: Understanding Conflicts Between
Health Professionals: A Narrative Approach 296
Allen: Managing Masculinity: Young Men s
Identity Work in Focus Groups 299
Lincoln Cannella: Qualitative Research,
Power, and the Radical Right 299
Seo Koro-Ljungberg: A Hermeneutical Study of
Older Korean Graduate Students Experiences in
American Higher Education: From Confucianism
to Western Educational Values 301
Polkinghorne: Psychological Inquiry and the
Pragmatic and Hermeneutic Traditions 305
Freeman: Between Eye and Eye Stretches an Interminable
Landscape : The Challenge of Philosophical Hermeneutics 305
Rennie: Grounded Theory Methodology as Methodical
Hermeneutics: Reconciling Realism and Relativism 309
Weisinger Salipante: A Grounded Theory for
Building Ethnically Bridging Social Capital in
Voluntary Organizations 309
Tsangaridou: Enacted Pedagogical Content Knowledge
in Physical Education: A Case Study of a Prospective
Classroom Teacher 311
Chapter 9
Weigel Murray: The Paradox of Stability and Change
in Relationships: What Does Chaos Theory Offer for
the Study of Romantic Relationships? 343
Gregersen Sailer: Chaos Theory and Its
Implications for Social Science Research 345
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| adam_txt |
Foundations of Qualitative Research introduces key theoretical and epistemological
concepts repiete with historical and current real-world examples. Using an accessible and
nonintimidating style that brings seemingly difficult concepts to life, author Jerry W. Willis
provides an invaluable resource for guiding the critical and qualitative inquiry process.
Key Features
•
Covers the conceptual foundations of the interpretive, critical, and
postpositivist
paradigms: A
thorough background of theory and social inquiry is given through examination of the
development of each paradigm throughout history.
•
Introduces seven qualitative research frameworks: The book provides in-depth coverage on
Aitheide and Johnson's Analytic Realism.
Denzin
and Lincoln's interpretive· Perspective.
Eisner's Connolsseurship
Modei
of Inquiry. Semiotics, the Phenomenological Psychological
Modet.
Poststructuralism and
Pestmodernism,
and Symbolic Interactionism.
•
Provides mal-worid examples: Cases illustrate different approaches to the same research
problem so
ihat
students can better understand the contrasting features of these paradigms.
•
Offers
generai
guidelines for qualitative research: The text conceptually covers best practices,
approaches to data analysis, and interpretation of
qualitative
research.
•
Examines emergent methods
¡n quáäatíve
research; The author includes new research
amas
such as PAR. emancipatory research, and participatory design research, as well as
summaries of exemplary journal
artides
to further
lustrate
how theory (inks to research
practice.
Intended Audience
This text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking their first or
second qualitative
rasearetì
methods course in the fields of education, psychology, and the
health and social sciences. It is aiso an
excelent
tfieory companion supplement to more
applied
quaiHaíkŕ&
meëicds
texts.
Brief Contents
list of Definitions xiii
list of Articles of Interest xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. World Views, Paradigms, and the
Practice of Social Science Research 1
2. History and Context of Paradigm Development 27
3. Foundational Issues: Postpositivist and Critical Perspectives 67
4. History and Foundations of Interpretivist Research 95
5. Frameworks for Qualitative Research 147
6. General Guidelines for Qualitative Research 185
7. Methods of Qualitative Research 229
8. Approaches to Data Analysis and Interpretation 287
9. 21st-century Social Science Research: Peering Into the Future 321
Index 353
About the Author 367
Detailed Contents
list of Definitions xiii
list of Articles of Interest xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. World Views, Paradigms, and the Practice of
Social Science Research 1
Case 1. Quantitative Research 1
Case 2. Qualitative Research 2
What This Book Is and Is Not About 6
Just What Is a Paradigm? 8
Family Resemblances Within Paradigm Groups 11
Thinking About the Foundations and
Practice of Research 13
What Warrants Our Attention? 15
The Traditional Canon 16
Alternative Paradigms 17
New Techniques or New Paradigms? 19
Summary 22
Questions for Reflection 23
2. History and Context of Paradigm Development 27
Three Paradigms 32
Positivism: A Response to Metaphysical
and Magical Explanations 32
The Middle Ages (330-1450) 33
The Renaissance (1450-1600): The
Beginning of Empiricism 34
The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1800):
Empiricism as a Major Source of Knowledge 36
Critical Theory-. A Response to Inequities in Society 44
What Did Marxism Respond To? 44
The Frankfurt School: The Beginnings
of Critical Theory 47
Interpretivism: A Response to the Excesses
of "Scientific " Social Science 48
The Response to Objectivism: Interpretivism 51
The Rise of Verstehen and Hermeneutics in
the Social Sciences 53
The Special Cases of Postmodernism and Feminism 54
Postmodernism 54
Feminist Theory and Research 57
Summary 60
Questions for Reflection 61
3. Foundational Issues: Postpositivist and Critical Perspectives 67
Social Science Research: The View From
the Postpositivist Paradigm 72
The Foundations of Postpositivist Research 74
Nature of Reality 74
Purpose of Research 75
Acceptable Methods and Data 76
Meaning of Data 77
Relationship of Research to Practice 78
Examples of Postpositivist Research 78
Social Science Research: The View
From the Critical Theory Paradigm 81
Nature of Reality 83
Purpose of Research 84
Acceptable Methods and Data 86
Meaning of Data 86
Relationship of Research to Practice 87
Examples of Critical Research 87
Summary 91
Questions for Reflection 91
4. History and Foundations of Interpretivist Research 95
Nature of Reality 95
Purpose of Research 98
Verstehen 100
Hermeneutics 104
Phenomenology (and Existentialism) 107
Acceptable Methods and Data 109
Meaning of Data 111
Relationship of Research to Practice 117
Implications of an Interpretivist Approach 122
What Sorts of Research Are Worthwhile? 131
Examples of Interpretive Research 132
Summary 139
Questions for Reflection 141
5. Frameworks for Qualitative Research 147
Postpositivist Research 147
Moments of Qualitative Research 150
The Traditional Period (Early 1900s-World War II) 151
The Modernist Phase (1940s-1970s) 152
Blurred Genres (1970s-1986) 152
Crisis of Representation (Mid-1980s) 153
A Triple Crisis (Today) 154
The Fifth or Postmodern Moment 155
The Sixth or Postexperimental
Inquiry Moment (1995-2000) 155
The Seventh or Methodologically
Contested Moment (2000-2004) 156
The Eighth Moment: Methodological
Backlash (2OO5-?) 156
Some General Frameworks for Qualitative Research 158
Altheide and Johnson's Analytic Realism 158
Denzin and Lincoln's Interpretive Perspectii v 160
Eisner's Connoisseurship Model of Inquiry 162
Coherence 166
Consensus 166
Instrumental Utility 167
Insightfulness 16"7
Semiotics 168
The Phenomenological Psychological
Model (and Structuralism) 1~1
Poststructuralism and Postmodernism H4
Symbolic Interactionism 176
Summary 181
Questions for Reflection 181
6. General Guidelines for Qualitative Research 185
Guidelines for Qualitative Research 188
Situated or Contextual Understanding,
Not Truth, Is the Purpose of Research 188
Accept Multiple Sources of Influence 191
Expect Multiple Perspectives and Seek Them 192
Take a Foundational Rather Than Technique Perspective 195
Practice Recursive (Iterative) and Emergent
Data Collection and Analysis 200
Use Multiple Sources of Data 203
Think of Research as a Reflective Process: The Researcher
Is the Primary Tool for Data Collection and Analysis 203
Emphasize Participatory Research 206
Adopt an Open Approach 209
Deal With Bias Directly 210
Select Natural Contexts for Research 211
Research Should Be Holistic, Not Atomistic 211
Research Involves More Than Induction and Deduction-.
Analogical Reasoning, Abduction, and
Family Resemblances 213
Alternatives to Postpositivist Criteria for
Believability: Validity and Reliability 216
Alternative Approaches to Validity and
Reliability: Triangulation and More 218
Alternatives to Triangulation 220
Conclusions? Aren't They Generalizations? 222
Summary 224
Questions for Reflection 224
7. Methods of Qualitative Research 229
Case 1: Action Research on a Pediatric Surgical Ward 229
Part I. Established Qualitative Research Methods 232
Ethnography 233
An Ethnographic Case (Herodotus, 5th Century b.c.e.) 233
General Framework for Ethnographic Research 236
Case Studies: Another Form of Qualitative Observation 238
General Framework of Case Studies 240
Variations in Case Study Research 242
Interview Research 244
Historiography 247
Case 2: Racial Gerrymandering in Cincinnati 247
Case 3: Black Participation in South African Policymaking 249
Historical Research and Paradigms 252
Historiography: The Research Methods of History 259
Part II. Innovative Methods: Participatory
Qualitative Research 260
Cooperative Inquiry 262
Participatory Action Research 264
Postpositivist Action Research 265
Interpretivist Action Research 267
Critical-Emancipatory Action Research 269
Ways of Doing Action Research 269
Participatory and Constructivist Instructional Design 271
Recursive (Iterative), Nonlinear Design 272
Reflection 273
Emancipatory Research 27'4
Critical Emancipatory Action Research 277
Summary 278
Questions for Reflection 279
8. Approaches to Data Analysis and Interpretation 287
Purpose of Research 288
General Theory 288
Local Theory 291
Objective Description 292
Hermeneutic (Verstehen) Understanding 293
Storytelling and Narrative 295
Data Analysis Families 297
Eyeballing the Data 298
Connoisseur ship: A Global Perspective 300
Hermeneutics as a Data Analysis Method 301
Grounded Theory 306
Analytic Induetio i 310
The Ethics of Research 311
Summary 316
Questions for Reflection 318
9. 21st-century Social Science Research:
Peering Into the Future 321
Will the Cacophony Continue? 322
Why Can't Social Science Converge on the Answer? 323
Dialog as an Alternative to Competition 326
Three Approaches to Knowing in Greek Thought 327
Accepting Plato, Aristotle, and the Humanities:
There Is Absolute Truth 328
Rejecting Plato, Accepting Aristotle-. Empiricism (and Later the
Scientific Method) Is the Royal Road to Knowledge 330
Accepting Plato, Rejecting Aristotle: Social Science
Is Separate From the Humanities 330
Suppose We Chose Poorly? 330
Rejecting the Fundamentalism of Both Aristotle
and Plato.- The Search for Knowing Is Continuous 331
Rejecting Aristotle and Plato Again-. Value Many Sources of
Knowledge, Not Just One 331
Rejecting Plato and Accepting Aristotle's Advice
About Poets: Link Closely With the Humanities 334
Two Theories That May Help Us Build
21st-century Social Science 336
Poetic Logic 537
Chaos and Complexity Theory: Another
Route to a Nonlinear Social Science 340
Some Core Concepts in Complexity and Chaos Theory 343
Sensitive Dependence on Initial Setting Conditions:
The Butterfly Effect 343
Strange Attractors: Another Challenge to Linearity 346
Fractal Geometry and Social Behavior 347
Chaotic Systems Have Special Characteristics 348
Summary 350
Questions for Reflection 350
Index 353
About the Author 367
List of Definitions
Chapter 1
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) 1
Reflection 4
Interpretivism 6
Ontology and Epistemology 9
Positivism 12
Propositional Logic 18
Chapter 2
Scientific Determinism 28
Dialectical Materialism 29
Empiricism and Rationalism 36
Logical Positivism 40
Chapter 3
Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics 68
Chapter 4
Ernie and Etic 100
Ordinary Language Philosophers 102
Foundationalism 105
Antirepresentationalism 116
Tacit Knowledge Versus Explicit Knowledge 120
Critical Rationality 124
Hypothetical Construct 127
Chapter 5
Deconstruction 168
? xiii
xiv ^ FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Chapter 7
Nihilism 255
Transcendent Categories 258
Whiggish 258
Gestalt Psychology 265
List of Articles of Interest
Chapter 1
Jasper: "Using Reflective Writing Within Research" 5
Valsiner: "Data as Representations: Contextualizing
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Strategies" 7
Vinden: "Gathering Up the Fragments After
Positivism: Can Ratner Make Us Whole Again?" 10
Chapter 2
Laruelle: "The Discipline of Culturology:
A New Ready-Made Thought for Russia" 31
Chapter 3
Ryan: "Does Postmodernism Mean the End of Science in
the Behavioral Sciences, and Does It Matter Anyway?" 75
Racher Robinson: 'Are Phenomenology and
Postpositivism Strange Bedfellows?" 76
Yanchar Hill: "What Is Psychology About?
Toward an Explicit Ontology" 77
Howard et al.: "Teaching Evidence-Based Practice:
Toward a New Paradigm for Social Work Education" 78
Fleetwood: "Ontology in Organization and
Management Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective" 84
Cannella Lincoln: "Epilogue: Claiming a Critical Public Social
Science—Reconceptualizing and Redeploying Research" 85
Birden: "Theorizing a Coalition-Engendered
Education: The Case of the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective's Body Education" 90
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xvi A FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Chapter 4
Praetorius: "Inconsistencies in the
Assumptions of Constructivism and Naturalism" 98
Harrington: "In Defense of Verstehen and Erkldren" 101
Prasad: "The Contest Over Meaning: Hermeneutics
as an Interpretive Methodology for Understanding Texts" 107
Caelli: "The Changing Face of Phenomenological Research:
Traditional and American Phenomenology in Nursing" 109
Sandelowski Barroso: "Writing the Proposal for a Qualitative
Research Methodology Project" 111
Teddlie: "Methodological Issues Related to Causal Studies of
Leadership" 126
Wuest: "Negotiating With Helping Systems: An Example of
Grounded Theory Evolving Through Emergent Fit" 131
Chapter 5
Hammersley: "Not Bricolage but Boatbuilding:
Exploring Two Metaphors for Thinking About Ethnography" 157
Turnbull: "Bricolage as an Alternative Approach to
Human Resource Development Theory Building" 159
Teo: "Ideological Dissonances in Singapore's National
Campaign Posters: A Semiotic Deconstruction" 171
Blumenreich: 'Avoiding the Pitfalls of 'Conventional'
Narrative Research: Using Poststructural Theory to
Guide the Creation of Narratives of Children with HIV" 176
Crossley: "The Circuit Trainer's Habitus: Reflexive
Body Techniques and the Sociality of the Workout" 180
Harris: "Studying Equality/Inequality: Naturalist and
Constructionist Approaches to Equality in Marriage" 180
Chapter 6
Shanks: "Feminism's Family Resemblances" 187
Prasad: "The Contest Over Meaning: Hermeneutics
as an Interpretive Methodology for Understanding Texts" 190
Logan et al.: "Protective Orders in Rural and Urban Areas:
A Multiple Perspective Study" 195
Holloway Todres: "The Status of Method: Flexibility,
Consistency and Coherence" 200
List of Articles of Interest ? xvii
Chamberlain: "Methodolatry and Qualitative Health Research" 200
Mauthner Doucet: "Reflexive Accounts and Accounts of
Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis" 205
Krimerman: "Participatory Action Research:
Should Social Inquiry Be Conducted Democratically?" 208
Sheehan Rode: "On Scientific Narrative: Stories
of Light by Newton and Einstein" 212
Whittemore et al.: "Validity in Qualitative Research" 221
Payne Williams: "Generalization in Qualitative Research" 223
Chapter 7
Jarvie: "Freeman and Mead Again" 235
Vanderstaay: "One Hundred Dollars and a Dead Man:
Ethical Decision Making in Ethnographic Fieldwork" 238
Meyer: 'A Case in Case Study Methodology" 244
Caviness: "Iconoclasm and Iconophobia: Four
Historical Case Studies" 260
Stoecker: 'Are Academics Irrelevant? Roles for
Scholars in Participatory Research" 262
Reason: "Integrating Action and Reflection Through
Co-operative Inquiry" 263
Dickens Watkins: 'Action Research: Rethinking Lewin" 267
Healy: "Participatory Action Research and Social Work:
A Critical Appraisal" 268
Chapter 8
Lopez Emmer: 'Adolescent Male Offenders: A
Grounded Theory Study of Cognition, Emotion,
and Delinquent Crime Contexts" 289
Sielbeck-Bowen: "Development of Local Program Theory:
Using Theory-Oriented Evaluation to Make a Difference" 291
Heinschel: 'A Descriptive Study of the Interactive
Guided Imagery Experience" 292
Langdridge Butt: 'A Hermeneutic Phenomenological
Investigation of the Construction of Sadomasochistic Identities" 294
Sikes: "Storying Schools: Issues Around Attempts to
Create a Sense of Feel and Place in Narrative Research Writing" 296
xviii -i FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Skj0rshammer: "Understanding Conflicts Between
Health Professionals: A Narrative Approach" 296
Allen: "Managing Masculinity: Young Men's
Identity Work in Focus Groups" 299
Lincoln Cannella: "Qualitative Research,
Power, and the Radical Right" 299
Seo Koro-Ljungberg: 'A Hermeneutical Study of
Older Korean Graduate Students' Experiences in
American Higher Education: From Confucianism
to Western Educational Values" 301
Polkinghorne: "Psychological Inquiry and the
Pragmatic and Hermeneutic Traditions" 305
Freeman: '"Between Eye and Eye Stretches an Interminable
Landscape': The Challenge of Philosophical Hermeneutics" 305
Rennie: "Grounded Theory Methodology as Methodical
Hermeneutics: Reconciling Realism and Relativism" 309
Weisinger Salipante: 'A Grounded Theory for
Building Ethnically Bridging Social Capital in
Voluntary Organizations" 309
Tsangaridou: "Enacted Pedagogical Content Knowledge
in Physical Education: A Case Study of a Prospective
Classroom Teacher" 311
Chapter 9
Weigel Murray: "The Paradox of Stability and Change
in Relationships: What Does Chaos Theory Offer for
the Study of Romantic Relationships?" 343
Gregersen Sailer: "Chaos Theory and Its
Implications for Social Science Research" 345 |
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