Writing Up Qualitative Research

Höfundur: Harry F. Wolcott (Útgáfa: 3)
Writing Up Qualitative Research

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Writing Up Qualitative Research, Third Edition offers time-tested suggestions on every aspect of the process from beginning to end. In this new edition, author Harry Wolcott continues to focus on the "writing side" of qualitative research, while incorporating new features such as guidelines on how and where to use theory. This text is ideal as a supplementary text in any upper-level undergraduate or graduate seminar on the research process.

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Útgefandi
SAGE Publications, Inc. (US)
ISBN
9781483343068
Print ISBN
9781412970112
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
3
Höfundar
Harry F. Wolcott
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2008-11-19
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • About the Author/About the Book
  • Preface
  • 1. On Your Mark . . .
  • Writing Versus Ought-to-Be Writing
  • Looking Ahead
  • Summing Up: Jump-Start
  • 2. Get Going
  • Get Set
  • Go!
  • Following a Writing Plan
  • A Workable Writing Plan: Your Statement of Purpose
  • A Workable Writing Plan: Your Table of Contents
  • A Workable Writing Plan: Your Story and Voice
  • Readers and Writers
  • Early Writing
  • Freewriting
  • The Methodical Approach
  • Where to Start the Account
  • Possible Places to Begin
  • Starting With Method
  • Starting With Description
  • Continuing Into Analysis and Interpretation
  • A Reminder About Purposes and Delimitations
  • The Problem of Focus
  • Problems of Sorting and Organizing Data
  • Summing Up: Putting Ideas to the Test
  • 3. Keep Going
  • Stay With It
  • The “Empty Folders” Approach
  • Keeping Up the Momentum
  • When It’s Time for Details, Get Them Right the First Time
  • Developing a Style Sheet
  • Keeping Track of References
  • Keeping Track of Bits and Pieces
  • Getting Feedback
  • Summing Up: Tips to Keep You Going
  • 4. Linking Up
  • The “Lit Review”
  • Making the Link to Theory
  • Roles That Theory Can Play
  • Linking Up Through Method
  • Research “Techniques” in Qualitative Inquiry
  • How to Represent Qualitative Strategies Graphically
  • Conceptualizing Qualitative Approaches as a “Tree”
  • Your Methods; Methodology
  • Method or Theory as Narrative
  • Coda
  • Summing Up: Major Linking Activities
  • 5. Tightening Up
  • Descriptive Adequacy
  • Packing More In
  • Tossing More Out
  • Reviewing for Content and Style
  • Revising and Editing
  • Becoming Your Own Editor
  • Time—Your Silent Partner
  • Other Ways to Edit
  • Formal Editorial Assistance
  • How Do You Conclude a Qualitative Study?
  • Alternatives to “Concluding” a Study
  • Summing Up
  • 6. Finishing Up
  • Major Parts of a Book (and Most Articles)
  • The Title
  • Front Matter
  • Front Matter: Further Possibilities
  • The Copy Editor and Other Main Text Issues
  • The Back Matter
  • Summing Up: Endgame
  • 7. Getting Published
  • Alternative Ways to Get in Print
  • The Review Process
  • On Not Getting Published
  • Final Thoughts
  • Appendix Applications
  • Acknowledgments
  • References and Select Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index