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BL
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| Record Number
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711513
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b533702
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| Main Entry
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Berg, Bruce L., (Bruce Lawrence),1954-
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| Title & Author
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Qualitative research methods for the social sciences /\ Bruce L. Berg
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| Edition Statement
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Fourth edition
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Allyn and Bacon,, [2001]
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, ©2001
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| Page. NO
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xv, 304 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0205318479
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: 9780205318476
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 2. Designing qualitative research -- 3. Ethical issues -- 4. A dramaturgical look at interviewing -- 5. Focus group interviewing -- 6. Ethnographic field strategies -- 7. Action research -- 8. Unobtrusive measures in research -- 9. Historiography and oral traditions -- 10. Case studies -- 11. An introduction to content analysis -- 12. Writing research papers: sorting the noodles from the soup
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| Abstract
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This book offers the most comprehensive coverage of qualitative techniques of any book on the market today and does it in a way that is easy to read and follow. The author's central purpose remains a desire to instruct inexperienced researchers in ways of effectively collecting, organizing, and making sense of qualitative data, while stressing the importance of ethics in research and in taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor
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| Subject
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Social sciences-- Research-- Methodology
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| Dewey Classification
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300/.7/2
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| LC Classification
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H61.B4715 2001
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