Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods - Michael Quinn Patton

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Résumé :
Part 1. Framing Qualitative Inquiry: Theory Informs Practice, Practice Informs Theory
Chapter 1. The Nature, Niche, and Value of Qualitative Inquiry
Module 1. How qualitative inquiry contributes to our understanding of the world
Module 2. What makes qualitative data qualitative
Module 3. Making methods decisions
Module 4. The fruit of qualitative methods: Chapter summary and conclusion
Chapter 2. Strategic Themes in Qualitative Inquiry
Module 5. Strategic design principles for qualitative inquiry
Module 6. Strategic principles guiding data collection and fieldwork
Module 7. Strategic principles for qualitative analysis and reporting findings
Module 8: Integrating the 12 strategic qualitative principles in practice
Chapter 3. Variety of Qualitative Inquiry Frameworks: Paradigmatic, Philosophical, and Theoretical Orientations
Module 9. Understanding the Paradigms Debate: Quants versus Quals
Module 10. Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry Frameworks
Module 11. Ethnography and Autoethnography
Module 12. Positivism, Postpositivism, Empiricism and Foundationalist Epistemologies
Module 13. Grounded Theory and Realism
Module 14 Phenomenology and Heuristic Inquiry
Module 15 Social Constructionism, Constructivism, Postmodernism, and Narrative Inquiry
Module 16. Ethnomethodology, Semiotics, and Symbolic Interaction, Hermeneutics and Ecological Psychology
Module 17 Systems Theory and Complexity Theory
Module 18. Pragmatism, Generic Qualitative Inquiry, and Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Module 19 Patterns and themes across inquiry frameworks: Chapter summary and conclusions
Chapter 4. Practical and Actionable Qualitative Applications
Module 20. Practical purposes, concrete questions, and actionable answers: Illuminating and enhancing quality
Module 21. Program evaluation applications: Focus on outcomes
Module 22 Specialized qualitative evaluation applications
Module 23 Evaluating program models and theories of change, and evaluation models especially aligned with qualitative methods
Module 24 Interactive and participatory qualitative applications
Module 25 Democratic evaluation, indigenous research and evaluation, capacity building, and cultural competence
Module 26 Special methodological applications
Module 27 A vision of the utility of qualitative methods: Chapter summary and conclusion
Part 2. Qualitative Designs and Data Collection
Chapter 5. Designing Qualitative Studies
Module 28 Design thinking: Questions derive from purpose, design answers questions
Module 29 Date Collection Decisions
Module 30 Purposeful sampling and case selection: Overview of strategies and options
Module 31 Single-significant-case sampling as a design strategy
Module 32 Comparison-focused sampling options
Module 33 Group characteristics sampling strategies and options
Module 34 Concept and theoretical sampling strategies and options
Module 35. Instrumental-use multiple-case sampling
Module 36 Sequential and emergence-driven sampling strategies and options
Module 37 Analytically focused sampling
Module 38 Mixed, stratified, and nested purposeful sampling strategies
Module 39 Information-rich cases
Module 40 Sample size for qualitative designs
Module 41 Mixed methods designs
Module 42 Qualitative design chapter summary and conclusion: Methods choices and decisions
Chapter 6. Fieldwork Strategies and Observation Methods
Module 43 The Power of direct observation
Module 44. Variations in observational methods
Module 45. Variations in duration of observations and site visits: From rapid reconnaissance to longitudinal s...

Biographie:
Part 1. Framing Qualitative Inquiry: Theory Informs Practice, Practice Informs Theory
Chapter 1. The Nature, Niche, and Value of Qualitative Inquiry
Module 1. How qualitative inquiry contributes to our understanding of the world
Module 2. What makes qualitative data qualitative
Module 3. Making methods decisions
Module 4. The fruit of qualitative methods: Chapter summary and conclusion
Chapter 2. Strategic Themes in Qualitative Inquiry
Module 5. Strategic design principles for qualitative inquiry
Module 6. Strategic principles guiding data collection and fieldwork
Module 7. Strategic principles for qualitative analysis and reporting findings
Module 8: Integrating the 12 strategic qualitative principles in practice
Chapter 3. Variety of Qualitative Inquiry Frameworks: Paradigmatic, Philosophical, and Theoretical Orientations
Module 9. Understanding the Paradigms Debate: Quants versus Quals
Module 10. Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry Frameworks
Module 11. Ethnography and Autoethnography
Module 12. Positivism, Postpositivism, Empiricism and Foundationalist Epistemologies
Module 13. Grounded Theory and Realism
Module 14 Phenomenology and Heuristic Inquiry
Module 15 Social Constructionism, Constructivism, Postmodernism, and Narrative Inquiry
Module 16. Ethnomethodology, Semiotics, and Symbolic Interaction, Hermeneutics and Ecological Psychology
Module 17 Systems Theory and Complexity Theory
Module 18. Pragmatism, Generic Qualitative Inquiry, and Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Module 19 Patterns and themes across inquiry frameworks: Chapter summary and conclusions
Chapter 4. Practical and Actionable Qualitative Applications
Module 20. Practical purposes, concrete questions, and actionable answers: Illuminating and enhancing quality
Module 21. Program evaluation applications: Focus on outcomes
Module 22 Specialized qualitative evaluation applications
Module 23 Evaluating program models and theories of change, and evaluation models especially aligned with qualitative methods
Module 24 Interactive and participatory qualitative applications
Module 25 Democratic evaluation, indigenous research and evaluation, capacity building, and cultural competence
Module 26 Special methodological applications
Module 27 A vision of the utility of qualitative methods: Chapter summary and conclusion
Part 2. Qualitative Designs and Data Collection
Chapter 5. Designing Qualitative Studies
Module 28 Design thinking: Questions derive from purpose, design answers questions
Module 29 Date Collection Decisions
Module 30 Purposeful sampling and case selection: Overview of strategies and options
Module 31 Single-significant-case sampling as a design strategy
Module 32 Comparison-focused sampling options
Module 33 Group characteristics sampling strategies and options
Module 34 Concept and theoretical sampling strategies and options
Module 35. Instrumental-use multiple-case sampling
Module 36 Sequential and emergence-driven sampling strategies and options
Module 37 Analytically focused sampling
Module 38 Mixed, stratified, and nested purposeful sampling strategies
Module 39 Information-rich cases
Module 40 Sample size for qualitative designs
Module 41 Mixed methods designs
Module 42 Qualitative design chapter summary and conclusion: Methods choices and decisions
Chapter 6. Fieldwork Strategies and Observation Methods
Module 43 The Power of direct observation
Module 44. Variations in observational methods
Module 45. Variations in duration of observations and site visits: From rapid reconnaissance to longitudinal s...

Sommaire:

Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new examples, stories, and cartoons...