Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches

In this Third Edition of his bestselling text John W. Creswell explores the philosophical underpinnings history and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research phenomenology grounded theory ethnography and case study. In his signature accessible writing style the author relates research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry. He compares theoretical frameworks ways to employ standards of quality and strategies for writing introductions to studies collecting data analyzing data writing a narrative and verifying results.