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Qualitative Research Designs: Selection and Implementation
Abstract
Counseling psychologists face many approaches from which to choose when they conduct a qualitative research study. This article focuses on the processes of selecting, contrasting, and implementing five different qualitative approaches. Based on an extended example related to test interpretation by counselors, clients, and communities, this article provides a detailed discussion about five qualitative approaches— narrative research; case study research; grounded theory; phenomenology; and participatory action research—as alternative qualitative procedures useful in understanding test interpretation. For each approach, the authors offer perspectives about historical origins, definition, variants, and the procedures of research.
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Creswell, J. W., & Miller, D. L. (2000) · Theory Into Practice · doi:10.1207/s15430421tip3903_2 · Cited by 9,184 · cited 1×
“They negotiate the meaning of the stories with the participants, adding a validity check to the analysis (Creswell & Miller, 2000; Hoyt, Warbasse, & Chu, 2006 [TCP, special issue, part 2]).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Creswell, J. W., Hanson, W. E., Clark Plano, V. L., & Morales, A.
- Venue
- The Counseling Psychologist
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 236-264
- ISSN
- 0011-0000 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3861
- OpenAlex
- W2119797181
- Cited by
- 3,096
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 207.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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