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Article: Qualitative Methods in Social Research and Qualitative Research Methods. (Comptes Rendus).(Book Review)
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- The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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KIRSTIN G. ESTERBERG, Qualitative Methods in Social Research. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002, xv + 256 p.
DARIN WEINBERG (ed.), Qualitative Research Methods. Maiden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, viii + 342 p.
As someone who both uses and teaches about qualitative methods, I was eager to get a look at these two volumes. Although their titles may lead one to infer that they take a similar approach, both their content and intended audience are quite different. Kirstin G. Esterberg has written an introduction to qualitative methods for those who have little or no experience in carrying out research, while Dam Weinberg has edited a volume more appropriate ...