This book provides undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a ‎'‎hands on‎'‎ introduction to qualitative research methods through the use of in‎-depth examples and out‎-of‎-class exercises‎.‎ Rather than de‎-linking theory from methods and presenting students with a laundry‎-list of methods like so many texts do‎,‎ ‎"‎The Practice of Qualitative Research‎"‎ provides readers with the link between theory and methods throughout the book‎.‎ Starting with how to develop a good research question‎,‎ the authors carefully show the nuts and bolts of data collection ‎(‎including issues of sampling‎,‎ validity‎,‎ reliability and ethics‎)‎‎,‎ the multiplicity of considerations ‎(‎and‎,‎ how to sort through them‎)‎ during research design‎,‎ the how‎-to‎'‎s of each major qualitative approach‎,‎ and conclude with data analysis‎,‎ interpretation‎,‎ and reporting‎.‎ ‎"‎The Practice of Qualitative Research‎"‎ is designed for upper‎-level undergraduate and graduate level courses that introduce the student to Qualitative Research‎.‎ The book provides coverage on the foundations of qualitative research‎,‎ the methods used in doing the research and how you analyze the data and present it‎.‎