How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e

Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

The Nature of Qualitative

Chapter Outline

What is Qualitative Research?

General Characteristics of Qualitative Research

Philosophical Assumptions Underlying Qualitative as opposed to Quantitative Research

Steps in Qualitative Research

Approaches to Qualitative Research

Biography
Phenomenology
Grounded Theory
Case Studies
Ethnographic and Historical Research

Sampling in Qualitative Research

Generalization in Qualitative Research

Ethics and Qualitative Research

Internal Validity in Qualitative Research

Qualitative and Quantitative Research Reconsidered

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