Completing a Qualitative Project

What do I do after the data analysis is done? This is one of the questions that plague most writers doing qualitative research and it is one of the key questions that inform this book.Completing a Qualitative Project will inform, support, cajole and inspire.

What do I do after the data analysis is done? This is one of the questions that plague most writers doing qualitative research, and it is one of the key questions that inform this new work by Janice Morse, Director of the International Institute of Qualitative Methodology at the University of Alberta. Together with a contributor panel of 22 renowned and frequently-published qualitative research authors, Dr. Morse explores a wide range of topics, from the nuts and bolts (protecting participantsÆ confidentiality, finishing a project, developing the writing topic, finding other approaches), to the angst of the publishing process (critiquing qualitative research dealing with refection, responding to criticism), and from the methodological (linking qualitative and quantitative research, and performing participatory action research and qualitative meta-analysis) to application (generalizability in qualitative research, the politicking of research results, qualitative research in policy development). These discussions make Completing a Qualitative Project a perfect companion volume for Dr. MorseÆs early volumes, Qualitative Nursing Research and Critical Issues in Qualitative Research. WhatÆs more, since the development of the book provided for input from the contributors on the othersÆ chapters, each article combines the wisdom of the entire contributor panel and is followed by a dialogue on a related topic. These dialogues resulted from intense brainstorming sessions among the contributors. In perusing the book readers will be comforted to learn that they are not alone in their qualitative writing endeavors. Completing a Qualitative Project is intended to inform, support, cajole, and inspireùaltogether and enlightening read!

Recognizing the Power of Qualitative Research - Janice M Morse
DIALOGUE
On Terminating a Project
Writing It Up - Joyceen S Boyle
Dissecting the Dissertation
DIALOGUE
What Do I Publish?
The Politics of Publishing - Juliene G Lipson
Protecting Participants′ Confidentiality
DIALOGUE
Coauthorship
Presenting Qualitative Research Up Close - Holly Skodol Wilson and Sally Ambler Hutchinson
Visual Literacy in Poster Presentations
DIALOGUE
Other Ways to Do Things
Meaning through Form - Judy R Norris
Alternative Modes of Knowledge Representation
DIALOGUE
On `Helping′ or Working with Students
The Art (and Science) of Critiquing Qualitative Research - Sally Thorne
ADVICE
Publish or Perish
Strategies for Overcoming the Rage of Rejection - Phyllis Noerager Stern
The Case of the Qualitative Researcher
DIALOGUE
The Downside of Blind Review
Responding to Criticism - Judith E Hupcey
DIALOGUE
The Application of Theory
Considering Theory Derived from Qualitative Research - Janice M Morse
DIALOGUE
Generalizability
Generalizability in Qualitative Research - Joy L Johnson
Excavating the Discourse
DIALOGUE
On Labeling a Research Program
Programmatic Qualitative Research - Margarete J Sandelowski
Or, Appreciating the Importance of Gas Station Pumps
DIALOGUE
Research Programs
Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Research - Joan Bottorff
New Avenues for Programmatic Research
DIALOGUE
On Intervention
Clinical Utilization/Application of Qualitative Research - Janice Swanson, Roberta Durham and Judith Albright
DIALOGUE
On PAR
Participatory Action Research - Judith Wuest and Marilyn Merritt-Gray
Practical Dilemmas and Emancipatory Possibilities
BRAINSTORMING
Sorting out Meta-Analysis
Qualitative Meta-Analysis - Rita Schreiber, Dauna Crooks and Phyllis Noerager Stern
THE DEAD DOG SECTION
Explaining Methods
The Politicking of Research Results - Katharyn A May
DIALOGUE
As Hired Guns
Qualitative Research in Policy Development - Martha Ann Carey
THE DEAD DOG SECTION
What to Do When Stumped by the Media
Policy as Forethought in Qualitative Research - Marjorie A Muecke
A Paradigm From Developing Country Social Scientists