TY - JOUR
T1 - Qualitative Research Designs
T2 - Selection and Implementation
AU - Creswell, John W.
AU - Hanson, William E.
AU - Clark Plano, Vicki L.
AU - Morales, Alejandro
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Counseling psychologists face many approaches from which to choose when they conduct a qualitative research study. This article focuses on the processes of selecting, contrasting, and implementing five different qualitative approaches. Based on an extended example related to test interpretation by counselors, clients, and communities, this article provides a detailed discussion about five qualitative approaches— narrative research; case study research; grounded theory; phenomenology; and participatory action research—as alternative qualitative procedures useful in understanding test interpretation. For each approach, the authors offer perspectives about historical origins, definition, variants, and the procedures of research.
AB - Counseling psychologists face many approaches from which to choose when they conduct a qualitative research study. This article focuses on the processes of selecting, contrasting, and implementing five different qualitative approaches. Based on an extended example related to test interpretation by counselors, clients, and communities, this article provides a detailed discussion about five qualitative approaches— narrative research; case study research; grounded theory; phenomenology; and participatory action research—as alternative qualitative procedures useful in understanding test interpretation. For each approach, the authors offer perspectives about historical origins, definition, variants, and the procedures of research.
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U2 - 10.1177/0011000006287390
DO - 10.1177/0011000006287390
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847261097
SN - 0011-0000
VL - 35
SP - 236
EP - 264
JO - The Counseling Psychologist
JF - The Counseling Psychologist
IS - 2
ER -