TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patton,Michael Quinn
ED  - California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation.
TI  - How To Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation. CSE Program Evaluation Kit, Volume 4. Second Edition
SN  - 9780803931299 :
U1  - 361.61072 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - [Washington D.C.]
PB  - Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
KW  - Data Analysis
KW  - ericd
KW  - Data Collection
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Evaluation Methods
KW  - Field Studies
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Program Evaluation
KW  - Qualitative Research
N1  - Availability: SAGE Publications Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359-9924; Tel: 805-499-0721; e-mail: order@sagepub.com ($14.95); Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC; ERIC Note: For volumes 1-9 of this kit, see TM 028 825-833. For the first edition, see ED 175 887-894; Microfiche; [Washington D.C.]; ERIC Clearinghouse; microfiches : positive
N2  - The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, the fourth in the kit, explains the basic assumptions underlying qualitative procedures, suggests evaluation situations where qualitative designs are useful, and provides guidelines for designing qualitative evaluations, including how to use observational methods, how to conduct in-depth, open-ended interviews, and how to analyze qualitative data. The following chapters are included: (1) "An Introduction to Qualitative Methods"; (2) "When To Use Qualitative Methods"; (3) "Designing Qualitative Evaluations"; (4) "Fieldwork and Observation"; (5) "Depth Interviewing"; (6) "Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data"; and (7) "Making Methods Decisions; Controversy and Philosophy." (Contains 3 figures, 3 tables, and 68 references.) (SLD)
ER  -