TOPICS APPROPRIATE TO FIELD RESEARCH SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH     The Various Roles of the Observer     Relations to Subjects

Enhancement Module: Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview Enhancement Module: Opinions

SOME QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH PARADIGMS
    Naturalism
    Ethnomethodology
    Grounded Theory
    Case Studies and the Extended Case Study Method
    Institutional Ethnography
    Participatory Action Research
CONDUCTING QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH
    Preparing for the Field
    Qualitative Interviewing
    Focus Groups
    Recording Observations
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH
    Validity
    Reliability
RESEARCH ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH