Description

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The first edition of Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry established itself as the key resource for introducing applied researchers into the qualitative tradition due to its clear exposition, step-by-step approach, and emphasis on methodological coherence. Concise and inexpensive, the new edition retains the key features of its predecessor but adds new material on methods, sampling, and analysis and introduces current trends in community-based research and arts-based research, among other updates. Maria Mayan’s book

-outlines the qualitative research process in a clear, transparent fashion;
-provides useful examples from a variety of disciplines to show various methods in action;
-is an essential textbook for introductory courses in qualitative inquiry in many disciplines and professional schools.

About the Author

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Maria J. Mayan is a qualitative methodologist who has studied, written about, and conducted qualitative research since the early 1990s. She spent over 10 years at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology learning and teaching qualitative inquiry locally and internationally. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Extension and Assistant Director of Women’s and Children’s Health, Community University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth and Families, University of Alberta. She has been invited to teach by government, not-for-profits, the private sector, and the academic community worldwide. Her research program is primarily community-based, focusing on partnerships and health policy.