This book provides a useful guide for researchers, reviewers, and consumers who are charged with judging the quality of qualitative studies.

Focusing on the integral role of the researcher, Qualitative Research for the Social Sciences uses a conversational writing style that draws readers into the ex

Foundational characteristics of qualitative research include flexibility, variation in application, critique, and innovation all of which derive from its subjec

Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mah

The teaching of qualitative analysis in the social sciences is rarely undertaken in a structured way. This handbook is designed to remedy that and to present st