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PART ONE : Among the People: How to Conduct Qualitative Research Chapter 1 Introduction: Go to the People A Note on the History of Qualitative Methods Qualitative Methodology Theory and Methodology Notes Chapter 2 Research Design and Pre-Fieldwork Research Design Selecting Settings Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval Writing Proposals Access to Organizations Access to Public and Quasi-Public Settings Access to Private Settings What Do You Tell Gatekeepers and Informants? Collecting Data About Obtaining Access Covert Research Chapter 3 Participant Observation: In the Field Entering the Field Negotiating Your Role Establishing Rapport

Participation Key Informants Difficult Field Relations Forming Relationships Field Tactics Asking Questions Learning the Language Field Notes Boundaries of a Study Leaving the Field Triangulation Ethics in the Field Chapter 4 In-Depth Interviewing The Qualitative Interview Types of Interview Studies Choosing to Interview Selecting Informants Approaching Informants Understanding the Interview in Context Managing the Interview Situation Getting People to Talk About What Is Important to Them The Interview Guide Probing Cross-Checks Relations With Informants Recording Interviews Group Interviews The Interviewer’s Journal Note Chapter 5 Montage: Discovering Methods Disrupting the “Commonsense World of Everyday Life”: Harold Garfinkel Qualitative Research as Autobiography Entering a World Without Words Personal Documents Picturing Disability Photography and Videotaping Official Records and Public Documents Historical and Archival Research Notes Chapter 6 Working With Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research Narratives: Descriptive and Theoretical Studies Building Theory Working With Data Constructing Life Histories PART TWO: Writing Qualitative Research: Selected Studies Chapter 7 Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies What You Should Tell Your Readers Some Tips on Writing Common Mistakes in Writing From Qualitative Data Publishing Qualitative Studies Selected Studies Chapter 8 “You’re Not a Retard, You’re Just Wise”: Disability, Social Identity, and Family Networks. -- Steven J. Taylor Chapter 9 Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home. -- Marjorie L. DeVault Chapter 10 Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research. -- Marjorie L. DeVault Chapter 11 Citizen Portraits: Photos of People With Disabilities as Personal Keepsakes. -- Robert Bogdan Chapter 12 “They Asked for a Hard Job”: World War II Conscientious Objectors on the Front Lines. -- Steven J. Taylor Closing Remarks Appendix 1 Field Notes Appendix 2 Interview Guide Template
Peter Ibarra References Author Index Subject Index

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