Qualitative Research

A Guide to Design and Implementation, 4th Edition

By: Sharan B. Merriam, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

The best-selling guide to qualitative research, updated and expanded.

Qualitative Research is the essential guide to understanding, designing, conducting, and presenting a qualitative research study. This fourth edition features new material covering mixed methods, action research, arts-based research, online data sources, and the latest in data analysis, including data analysis software packages as well as narrative and poetic analysis strategies. A new section offers multiple ways of presenting qualitative research findings. The accessible, jargon-free style makes this audiobook ideal for both novice and experienced researchers, emphasizing the role of a theoretical framework in designing a study while providing practical guidance.

Qualitative research reaches beyond the what, where, and when of quantitative analysis to investigate the why and how behind human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior, but this presents a number of significant challenges. This guide is an invaluable reference for students and practitioners alike, providing the deep understanding that this sometimes difficult area of research requires to produce accurate results.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Please make more academic books into audiobooks!

I'm thankful to the writers and publishers for making this an audiobook. As a researcher with a long commute and very little spare time, I've long looked for books in my research area to listen to. There's nothing. I hope the publishers of both academic books and journals learn there is a market for audio versions of their content. Yes, nothing beats a deep dive reading of the content. Yes, reading is necessary when using others' research in my own. But I imagine how much broader of a knowledge base I could have if I were listening to research a few hours per day on my drive. Thank you for taking the first step towards bringing more academic works to this format and please understand there is a market for it.

Very helpful!

Just started writing my qualitative research proposal and this book has been very helpful. Extremely easy to read and detailed descriptions of the qualitative process that I needed to get my proposal started.

An excellent research textbook

I have begun my investigation in to research, and I found this book completely comprehensive and thoroughly appropriate. If you are looking for an introduction to researh, you might finding it more than you need, but it was exactly what I was looking for and I bought the physical copy because I found it so valuable.

A must read for doctoral students.

This book provides a depth of information regarding qualitative analysis from their perspective as well as scholars who are widely accepted in the field of research.

Excellent for background doctoral study!

This book brought qualitative research alive for me. I bought the print edition because I was stopping so frequently to try to capture reference information. Very well written! informative!

I LOVED this book!

I LOVED this book! It read beautifully. It was an amazing narrative research educator. I highly recommend it!

Exactly what I needed

I am year two of my Doctoral studies and the information in this book is invaluable.

Hard to understand

The narrator was perfect, the language was easy to understand, yet I had a hard time understanding all the terms. I think I will have to listen one more time with a translator in hand.

Easy to use

I was able to listen while stationary or on the move and continue to listen while doing on things on my phone.

Listen at 2.0x

This book is required read for my Qualitative Research class. I am pleased that it is in both audio and text format. Having both makes the process more enjoyable.
The narrator does a fine job, but I gradually raised the speed to 2.0x, pausing when I need to make notes or highlights.
The content of the book is somewhat elementary, but for those who want an introduction to Qualitative Research, it provides an excellent framework.