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Ethnography and Qualitative Design in Educational Research

Margaret D. LeCompte, Judith Preissle, Renata Tesch

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Characteristics and Origins of Qualitative and Ethnographic Research in Education. Considerations on Selecting a Research Design. Selecting and Sampling in Qualitative Research. The Role and Experience of the Researcher. The Role of Theory in the Research Process. Data Collection Strategies. Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data. Personal Computers in Qualitative Research. Evaluating Qualitative Design. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Key concepts: Qualitative research, Ethnography, Research design, Subject (documents), Educational research, Data collection, Interpretation (philosophy), Qualitative property