Describes an ethnographic case study of the collaboration on the production of an executive letter for a corporation's annual report. Notes that the study used triangulation (multiple methods to view a single object) in an effective manner. (RS)

Presents a qualitative study of adults who found reading to be helpful in dealing with difficulties in life. Finds that recognition of self in the literature was directly related to the therapeutic experience, and evolved into ways of feeling and ways of knowing. Finds that therapeutic reading is intentional, relational, and transporting. (SR)

Presents the phenomenon of ethnographic countertransference as an often overlooked aspect of qualitative research. Claims that researchers working in a qualitative paradigm must learn to recognize their own unconscious ethnographic countertransference as a source of information and bias, and use it effectively as a source of information. (EMK)

Examines the effectiveness of qualitative and quantitative methods for researching the Holocaust. Concludes that strict adherence to the qualitative-quantitative distinction is counterproductive; both approaches have unique advantages and drawbacks, and data collected in either approach can be analyzed on the basis of the other. (AEF)

Presents a technique for developing a knowledge-base of information to use in an expert system. Proposed approach employs a popular machine-learning algorithm along with a method for forming a finite number of features or conjuncts of at most n primitive attributes. Illustrates this procedure by examining qualitative information represented in a…

Discusses the concept of identity and its relation to language and social interaction. Suggests the need to accept both quantitative and qualitative methods, in which the richness and variability of language in use is emphasized. (Author/VWL)

Reviews selected research in the form of surveys, interviews, and questionnaires on environmental sensitivity. Explores personal accounts of the sources of individuals' environmental interests, concerns, and actions. Studies questions, methods, and results for qualitative comparison. (SJR)

Reviews different research approaches to understand the significant experiences that influence people's environmental concerns and behaviors, with an emphasis on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of existing studies. Considers relevant findings regarding the validity of autobiographical memory because memory is the medium that selects and…

The notion of "qualitative confirmation" is explored in relation to processes and outcomes of qualitative research. The framework developed by S. Miller and M. Fredericks (1994) is applied to a published report of qualitative research into teacher and principal autonomy (S. Glass, 1997) to illustrate the usefulness of this framework for…

In Present Tense Commentary, informants convey significant events to researchers as if the events were happening now. Used as the third phase of a study of eight nursing students, it illuminated their development and socialization into nursing and proved a valuable methodological tool that empowered informants. (SK)

Uses a poststructuralist and postmodernist critique, anchored in Foucault's work, to inform a critical ethnography, contending that one way to open up more room for critical and imaginative dialog about fairness, decency, and respect is to encourage the play of memory in ethnographic text. The paper demonstrates the utility of memoirs as a useful…

Supports David Howes's position that teachers engaged in qualitative research are best placed to enrich understandings of literacy learning and teaching. Cautions that the ethics and representational issues of such research are problematic and need to be considered. Reviews two books that explore the thorny questions surrounding qualitative…

Explores recent use of qualitative methodology in research relating to marriage and family counseling. The seven research articles described highlight the potential benefits and challenges qualitative methodology can have for the field of marriage and family counseling. (Author/MKA)

Systematic naturalistic observations of imitation, theory of mind, play, and social contact were conducted with children with autism, adults with autism, children with learning disabilities, and normally developing young children. Although little imitation was observed in any but the normal young children, the autistic subjects showed less…

Reports on a study which interviewed children (fourth, fifth, and sixth graders) on the following issues: who should play child protagonists in children's theatre (adults or children); which actor in a particular production was most believable and realistic; and casting advice for directors of children's theatre. (SR)