TY - BOOK AU - Creswell,John W. TI - Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five approaches SN - 9781506361178 PY - 2018/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Research KW - Design KW - Social sciences KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographic references and indexes; Introduction -- Philosophical assumptions and interpretive frameworks -- Designing a qualitative study -- Five qualitative approaches to inquiry -- Five different qualitative studies -- Introducing and focusing the study -- Data collection -- Data analysis and representation -- Writing a qualitative study -- Standards of validation and evaluation -- "Turning the story" and conclusion N2 - This book explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of five qualitative inquiry approaches narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. The authors compare the approaches and relate research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry in a highly accessible manner. Featuring new content, articles, pedagogy, references, and expanded coverage of ethics throughout, the book is an introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative inquiry ER -