Completing a Qualitative Project: Details and Dialogue / Edition 1

by Janice M. Morse

Overview

What do I do after the data analysis is done? This is one of the questions that plague most writers doing qualitative research and it is one of the key questions that inform this book. With a contributor panel of 22 renowned and frequently published qualitative research authors, Janice Morse explores a wide range of topics, from nuts and bolts to the angst of the publishing process, and from the methodological to application. These discussions make this book a perfect companion to the author's early volumes, Qualitative Nursing Research and Critical Issues in Qualitative Research. Moreover, since the development of the book provided for input from the contributors on each others' chapters, each article is followed by a dial

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761906018
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/15/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Janice M. Morse, Ph D (Nurs), Ph D (Anthro), FAAN is a professor and Presidential Endowed Chair at the University of Utah College of Nursing, and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada., from 1991-1996, she also held a position as professor at The Pennsylvania State University. From 1997-2007, she was the founding Director and Scientific Director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, founding editor for the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and Editor of the Qual Press monograph series. She remains the founding editor for Qualitative Health Research, (now in Volume 2, Sage1), is currently editor for the monograph series Developing Qualitative Inquiry, and The Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry (Left Coast Press). Her research programs are in the areas of suffering and comforting, preventing patient falls, and developing qualitative methods. In 2011, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Qualitative Inquiry from the International Center for Qualitative Inquiry, was an inaugural inductee into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame (2010), the 5th recipient of the Episteme Award (also Sigma Theta Tau). She received awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and Athabasca University (Canada). She is the author of 460 articles and chapters and 19 books on qualitative research methods, suffering, comforting and patient falls.

Table of Contents

Recognizing the Power of Qualitative Research - Janice M Morse
DIALOGUE
On Terminating a Project
Writing It Up - Joyceen S Boyle
Dissecting the Dissertation
DIALOGUE
What Do I Publish?
The Politics of Publishing - Juliene G Lipson
Protecting Participants' Confidentiality
DIALOGUE
Coauthorship
Presenting Qualitative Research Up Close - Holly Skodol Wilson and Sally Ambler Hutchinson
Visual Literacy in Poster Presentations
DIALOGUE
Other Ways to Do Things
Meaning through Form - Judy R Norris
Alternative Modes of Knowledge Representation
DIALOGUE
On ‘Helping' or Working with Students
The Art (and Science) of Critiquing Qualitative Research - Sally Thorne
ADVICE
Publish or Perish
Strategies for Overcoming the Rage of Rejection - Phyllis Noerager Stern
The Case of the Qualitative Researcher
DIALOGUE
The Downside of Blind Review
Responding to Criticism - Judith E Hupcey
DIALOGUE
The Application of Theory
Considering Theory Derived from Qualitative Research - Janice M Morse
DIALOGUE
Generalizability
Generalizability in Qualitative Research - Joy L Johnson
Excavating the Discourse
DIALOGUE
On Labeling a Research Program
Programmatic Qualitative Research - Margarete J Sandelowski
Or, Appreciating the Importance of Gas Station Pumps
DIALOGUE
Research Programs
Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Research - Joan Bottorff
New Avenues for Programmatic Research
DIALOGUE
On Intervention
Clinical Utilization/Application of Qualitative Research - Janice Swanson, Roberta Durham and Judith Albright
DIALOGUE
On PAR
Participatory Action Research - Judith Wuest and Marilyn Merritt-Gray
Practical Dilemmas and Emancipatory Possibilities
BRAINSTORMING
Sorting out Meta-Analysis
Qualitative Meta-Analysis - Rita Schreiber, Dauna Crooks and Phyllis Noerager Stern
THE DEAD DOG SECTION
Explaining Methods
The Politicking of Research Results - Katharyn A May
DIALOGUE
As Hired Guns
Qualitative Research in Policy Development - Martha Ann Carey
THE DEAD DOG SECTION
What to Do When Stumped by the Media
Policy as Forethought in Qualitative Research - Marjorie A Muecke
A Paradigm From Developing Country Social Scientists

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Suzanne K. Beltz, PhD, RN, CS (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)
Description: This valuable resource speaks to the lack of dialog regarding the evaluation of outcomes of qualitative research, the sharing of these outcomes, and the implementation of changes in practice based on outcomes of an informant based study.
Purpose: The purpose is to address issues in qualitative research that occur after data analysis. The editor presents the work for discussion and to provide guidelines for the evaluation and dissemination of outcomes, so that the "power and usefulness of qualitative research will be recognized."
Audience: The editor indicates that her target audience is "The world. At large." Written by a group of 22 contributing nurse scholars, this book will be a valuable resource for nurse scientists, as well as researchers and graduate students of any discipline who are interested in qualitative research and the outcomes of such research.
Features: This writing is well organized. More than half of the chapters contain good use of tables and diagrams to enhance understanding of the material. Reference lists at the end of each chapter include both the classic writings and most current articles found on the specific topic. The book contains both a detailed subject index and a name index. A special feature of this work is found in the combination of individual writing and collaborative efforts of the contributing authors.
Assessment: This book is a well balanced presentation of discussion and details for disseminating the findings of a qualitative research project. The contributors have given guiding perspective to issues of importance in the research community, e.g. the strength, credibility, and generalizability of a qualitative research project. The information will both challenge and stimulate the reader's thinking.

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4 Stars! from Doody

This valuable resource speaks to the lack of dialog regarding the evaluation of outcomes of qualitative research, the sharing of these outcomes, and the implementation of changes in practice based on outcomes of an informant based study. The purpose is to address issues in qualitative research that occur after data analysis. The editor presents the work for discussion and to provide guidelines for the evaluation and dissemination of outcomes, so that the ""power and usefulness of qualitative research will be recognized."" The editor indicates that her target audience is ""The world. At large."" Written by a group of 22 contributing nurse scholars, this book will be a valuable resource for nurse scientists, as well as researchers and graduate students of any discipline who are interested in qualitative research and the outcomes of such research. This writing is well organized. More than half of the chapters contain good use of tables and diagrams to enhance understanding of the material. Reference lists at the end of each chapter include both the classic writings and most current articles found on the specific topic. The book contains both a detailed subject index and a name index. A special feature of this work is found in the combination of individual writing and collaborative efforts of the contributing authors. This book is a well balanced presentation of discussion and details for disseminating the findings of a qualitative research project. The contributors have given guiding perspective to issues of importance in the research community, e.g. the strength, credibility, and generalizability of a qualitative research project. The information will both challenge and stimulate thereader's thinking.

Suzanne K. Beltz