Visit CEEP’s projects:
- Illinois Early Learning (IEL): source of evidence-based, reliable information on early care and education for parents, caregivers, and teachers of young children in Illinois.
- Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP): was the first scholarly, peer-reviewed, bilingual (English-Spanish) online journal in the field of early childhood education.
- Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM): a source for data on early care and education services and demographics in the state of Illinois. Data are available by state, county, township, legislative district, and several agency regions.
- Illinois Parents: operated with the Academic Development Institute in Lincoln, Illinois, provides resources and information for parents in the state of Illinois.
ED415771 HE030917
Title:Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education. Revised and Expanded
from "Case Study Research in Education."
Author(s): Merriam, Sharan B.
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 1998
Notes: For the previous edition, see ED 299 914.
ISBN: 0-7879-1009-0
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 350 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94104; phone: 415-
433-1740; fax: 800-605-2665; World Wide Web: www.josseybass.com ($21.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--General (050)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1998
Target Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
This book offers a resource guide for qualitative researchers in education, discussing
data
collection techniques, data analysis, reporting, and the issues of validity,
reliability, and
ethics. Part 1 reviews the nature and design of qualitative
research; it discusses various
types of qualitative research (including case
studies), and how to design a qualitative
study, including problem formation
and sample selection. Differentiating case study
techniques from other qualitative
approaches, the book discusses concepts, theories, and
techniques taken from
anthropology, history, sociology, and psychology. Part 2 covers the
collection
of qualitative data; chapters cover conducting effective interviews, being a
careful
observer, mining data from documents, and the interactive nature of data collection
in case studies. Part 3 covers the analysis and reporting of qualitative data,
and discusses
analytic techniques and data management, levels of analysis,
the increasing role of
computers, and strategies for dealing with validity,
reliability, and ethics. A final
chapter looks at writing up research results,
with emphasis on the particular requirements of
the case study report. (Contains
approximately 325 references.) (BF)
Descriptors: *Case Studies;
Data Analysis; Data Collection; Evaluation Methods; Field
Interviews; Field
Studies; Higher Education; Literature Reviews; *Qualitative Research;
Reliability;
*Research Methodology; Validity
