Qualitative Literacy

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A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research

By Mario Luis Small and Jessica McCrory Calarco

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Qualitative Literacy offers clear criteria to assess the quality of qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviewing and participant observation. Essential for studying social issues like inequality, poverty, education, and public health, this guide helps distinguish scientifically sound ethnographic studies from those less reliable, equipping social scientists, researchers, students, policymakers, and journalists with valuable evaluation tools.
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Ideal for social scientists, researchers, students, evaluators, policymakers, and journalists engaged in qualitative research or crossover methodologies in the social sciences.

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Suppose you were given two qualitative studies: one is a piece of empirically sound social science and the other, though interesting and beautifully written, is not. How would you tell the difference? Qualitative Literacy presents criteria to assess qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviewing and participant observation. Qualitative research is indispensable to the study of inequality, poverty, education, public health, immigration, the family, and criminal justice.

Each of the hundreds of ethnographic and interview studies published yearly on these issues is scientifically either sound or unsound. This guide provides social scientists, researchers, students, evaluators, policy makers, and journalists with the tools needed to identify and evaluate quality in field research.

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Praised as a must-read for both qualitative and quantitative researchers, this book is noted for exceeding textbook expectations and serving as an essential resource for graduate students and social scientists across disciplines. Reviewers highlight its practical guidance in evaluating ethnographic and interview research.

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ISBN: 9780520390669

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 230

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Education & Reference Jessica McCrory Calarco Mario Luis Small Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Mario Luis Small is Quetelet Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. He is an expert on inequality, poverty, networks, and the relationship between qualitative and quantitative methods. His most recent books include Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life, Someone To Talk To: How Networks Matter in Practice, and Personal Networks: Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis.

Jessica McCrory Calarco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. She is an expert on inequalities in family life and education, as well as on qualitative methods. She is the author of Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School and A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum.

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