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It emphasizes how qualitative studies are actually done at ground level, supported by many completed and published examples across diverse disciplines. The book uses optional methodological choices—covering design, fieldwork timing, coding decisions, computer-assisted analysis, and building a “study bank”—to help readers customize their own studies. Completed illustrative studies aim to strengthen confidence in finishing and publishing qualitative research.","Qualitative ReseaRch fRom staRt to finish  \nQualitative Research from start to finish  \n􀂍  \nRobeRt K. Yin  \nTHE GUILFORD PRESS  \nNew York London  \nTo Karen and Andrew,  \nfor many years of love, devotion, and tolerance, and for being willing to entertain the possibility that social science can be a lifelong and stimulating endeavor  \n© 2011 The Guilford Press  \nA Division of Guilford Publications, Inc.  \n72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 [www.guilford.com](www.guilford.com)  \nAll rights reserved  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher.  \nPrinted in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nLast digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Publisher.  \nISBN 978-1-60623-701-4 (pbk.)  \nISBN 978-1-60623-977-3 (hardcover)  \nPreface  \nQualitative research has come of age. Published studies abound. Their findings cover nearly every worldly topic. Of equal importance, compelling methodological works now define the craft, placing it in the mainstream of social science. Your interest in qualitative research may reflect a desire to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. In any of these situations, this book can help you.  \nThe Book 􀂍  \nA Practical Approach  \nAs its main theme, the book presents qualitative research from a practical perspective. Such a view reveals insights into how qualitative research is done, at the ground level. The approach should be especially useful if in fact you are actually wanting to conduct a qualitative study—whether it is to be self-standing, part of a larger study, or an academic or training assignment for an undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education course.  \nAn Inductive Approach  \nAlong the way, the book presents numerous examples of successfully completed and published qualitative studies, covering many different academic disciplinesand professions such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, public health, social work, community development, evaluation, and international affairs. The examples typically take the form of vignettes and quick studies, strewn through-  \nvi 􀂍 Preface  \nout the book. Both provide more details about individual studies than the standard citations often found in other texts. Moreover, the studies come from widely available journals and books. Their ready availability enables you to inspect these materials in greater detail, if you wish.  \nBesides providing a more concrete foundation for understanding how qualitative research has been done by a broad variety of scholars, the numerous examples also convey the breadth of qualitative research. The topics extend over many different types of social settings and everyday lives, while also covering the major variations in qualitative research, including action research, grounded theory, case studies, feminist works, narrative inquiry, and phenomenology. As a most important characteristic, all of the illustrative studies are completed ones. As such, they should boost your confidence in being able to finish (and publish) your own qualitative research.  \nSimilarly, two completed studies, and how they were conducted in relation to the material in Chapters 8, 9, and 12, are presented in depth at the end of those chapters. 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