A realist approach for qualitative research

Instructs readers on how to use realism to conceptualize and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maxwell, Joseph Alex , 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications , c2012
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is realism, and why should qualitative researchers care?
  • 2. Meaning and culture are real
  • 3. Causation is real
  • 4. Diversity is real
  • 5. The realities of research design
  • 6. Research relationships and data collection
  • 7. Real and virtual relationships in qualitative data analysis (with Barbara Miller)
  • 8. Understanding, validity, and evidence
  • 9. Explaining Plains Indian Social Organization
  • 10. Meaning and diversity in Inuit kinship and culture