Qualitative Data Analysis - International Student Edition

Matthew B. Miles, a social psychologist, had a career-long interest in strategies for educational reform. His work focused on planned change in education, group and organizational studies, and the dissemination and implementation of research findings. His first major research project was a four-year study of six new, innovative public schools. A. Michael Huberman’s long-term interests were in scientific epistemology and adult cognition and knowledge use. His work focused on education policy, school reform, and the practical translation of research knowledge into effective school practice. His first extensive project was a four-year study of an experimental elementary school’s implementation of Piagetian theories into classroom practice.. Johnny Saldaña is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Film, Dance, and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where he taught from 1981 to 2014. He received his BFA in Drama and English Education in 1976, and MFA in Drama Education in 1979 from the University of Texas at Austin. Saldaña is the author of Longitudinal Qualitative Research: Analyzing Change through Time (AltaMira Press, 2003); Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (Oxford University Press, 2011); Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (Left Coast Press, 2011); Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind (Sage Publications, 2015); a commissioned title for Routledge’s World Library of Educationalists Series, Writing Qualitatively: The Selected Works of Johnny Saldaña (Routledge, 2018); co-author with the late Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook (4th ed., Sage Publications, 2020); co-author with Matt Omasta for Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life (Sage Publications, 2018); and the editor of Ethnodrama: An Anthology of Reality Theatre (AltaMira Press, 2005). Previous editions of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers have been translated into Korean, Turkish, and Chinese-Simplified. Saldaña’s methods works have been cited and referenced in more than 16,000 research studies conducted in over 130 countries in disciplines such as K-12 and higher education, medicine and health care, technology and social media, business and economics, government and social services, the fine arts, the social sciences, human development, and communication. He has published a wide range of research articles in journals such as Research in Drama Education, The Qualitative Report, Multicultural Perspectives, Youth Theatre Journal, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Teaching Theatre, Research Studies in Music Education, Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, the International Review of Qualitative Research, and Qualitative Inquiry, and has contributed several chapters to research methods handbooks. His most popular journal article, “Blue-Collar Qualitative Research: A Rant” (Qualitative Inquiry, 2014), has been downloaded by over 3,000 readers, according to ResearchGate. Saldaña’s research in qualitative inquiry, data analysis, and performance ethnography has received awards from the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, the National Communication Association-Ethnography Division, the American Educational Research Association’s Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, New York University’s Program in Educational Theatre, the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, and the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Part 1: The Substantive Start
Chapter 1: Introduction
The Purpose of This Book
The Nature of This Book
Our Orientation
An Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis
The Nature of Qualitative Data Analysis
Our View of Qualitative Data Analysis
Suggestions for Readers
Closure and Transition
Chapter 2: Research Design and Data Management
Introduction
Loose Versus Tight Research Designs
Displaying the Conceptual Framework
Methodologies (Genres) of Qualitative Research
Formulating Research Questions
Defining the Case
Sampling: Bounding the Collection of Data
Instrumentation
Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Data Management Issues Bearing on Analysis
Closure and Transition
Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Analysis
Introduction
Agreements with Study Participants
Ethical Issues
Conflicts, Dilemmas, and Trade-Offs
Closure and Transition
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Qualitative Data Analysis
Introduction
First Cycle Codes and Coding
Second Cycle Coding - Pattern Codes
Jottings
Analytic Memoing
Within-Case and Cross-Case Analysis
Closure and Transition
Part Two: Displaying the Data
Chapter 5: Designing Matrix, Network, and Graphic Displays
Introduction
Display Format Options
Matrices
Networks
Graphics
Timing of Display Design
Entering Matrix, Network, and Graphic Data
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions from Matrix, Network, and Graphic Displays
The Methods Profiles
Closure and Transition
Chapter 6: Methods of Exploring
Introduction
Exploring Fieldwork in Progress
Exploring Variables
Exploring Reports in Progress
Closure and Transition
Chapter 7: Methods of Describing
Introduction
Describing Participants
Describing Validity
Describing Variability
Describing Actions
Closure and Transition
Chapter 8: Methods of Ordering
Introduction
Ordering by Time
Ordering Processes
Ordering by Cases
Closure and Transition
Chapter 9: Methods of Explaining
Introduction
Antecedent Conditions, Mediating Variables, and Outcomes
On Causation and Explanation
Explaining Interrelationship
Explaining Change
Explaining Causation
Closure and Transition
Chapter 10: Methods of Predicting
Introduction
Methods of Predicting
Closure and Transition
Part 3: Making Good Sense
Chapter 11: Drawing and Verifying Conclusions
Introduction
Tactics for Generating Meaning
Tactics for Testing or Confirming Findings
Standards for the Quality of Conclusions
Analytic Documentation
Closure and Transition
Chapter 12: Writing About Qualitative Research
Introduction
Audiences and Effects
Voices and Styles
Writing Examples and Recommendations
Traditional Presentation Modes
Progressive Presentation Modes
On Theses and Disseratations
Chapter 13: Closure
Qualitative Analysis at a Glance
Reflections
Final Advice
Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Qualitative Research Methods Resources
Index