Clarifying Qualitative Research: A Focus on Traditions.

Jacob, Evelyn

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ374522

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Clarifying Qualitative Research: A Focus on Traditions.

Jacob, Evelyn

Educational Researcher, v17 n1 p16-24 Jan-Feb 1988

A major source of confusion in educational research comes when qualitative research is regarded as if it were one approach. Qualitative research has many varieties that can be identified and understood by using the notion of research traditions. Six approaches from the social and behavioral sciences are compared. (VM)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Ethnology, Participant Observation, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Tools, Social Science Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A