Qualitative Research in Practice
Qualitative Research in Practice
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实践中的定性研究
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2008
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S. Merriam
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S. Merriam
专注于定性研究的新书源源不断地涌现，证明了人们对该领域持续的浓厚兴趣。话题的多样性似乎几乎是无穷无尽的，但在后来的几年里，总的趋势是强调研究的实用方面。在定性研究的主题上采取纯理论和哲学立场的书籍并不是很多。这是可以理解的，因为理论最好根据实际例子来理解。理论和哲学当然是任何研究方法所依赖的基石，但可以说，理论的“现实世界”重要性在于它对实践的影响。质的研究方法的初学者在决定他的第一个项目的方法时，面临着多种可能性和大量不同的研究方法。对于大多数人来说，面试方法具有很大的吸引力，因此被选择。今天发表的许多定性研究都依赖于观点和其他方法的结合。
The steady stream of new books that focus on qualit ative research bears witness to the con-tinuing strong interest in the field. The variety of topics seems to be almost endless but the general tendenc y during later years has been on emphasizing the prac tical side of doing re-search. Books that have taken a purely theoretical and philosophical stance on the subject of qualitative inquiry are not very numerous. This is understandable because theory is best un-derstood in the light of practical examples. Theory and philosophy are of course the c orner-stones that any research method rests on, but it can be argued that the “real-world” importan ce of theory lies in its consequences for practice. The novice student of qualitative research methods faces a multitude of possibilities and a vast array of different research approaches when deciding on t he method for his first projects. For most people, the interview method holds great attraction , and is therefore chosen. Much published qualitative research today re-lies on a combination of i terviews and other methods.