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Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice book cover

3rd Edition

Interpretive Description Qualitative Research for Applied Practice

By Sally Thorne Copyright 2025
354 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice has established itself as the key resource for novice and intermediate level researchers in applied settings for conducting a qualitative research project with practical outcomes. This book takes the reader through the qualitative research process, from research design through fieldwork, analysis, interpretation, and... Read more

PART I: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN CONCEPT  1. Qualitative Research in the Applied Disciplines  2. Cultivating Questions in the Applied Practice Field  3. Scaffolding a Study  4. Framing a Study Design  5. Strategizing a Credible Study  PART II: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN ACTION  6. Entering the Field  7. Constructing and Managing Data  8. Working With Data  9. Transforming Your Data  10. Writing Findings  PART III: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN CONTEXT  11. Interpreting Meanings  12. Enhancing Credibility  13. Disseminating Findings  14. Advancing Evidence with Interpretive Description  15. Interpretive Description in Mixed Methods Research  16. Aggregating, Synthesizing, and Building Knowledge  17. Knowledge in Action  18. Post-Script: Looking Forward with Optimism

Biography

Sally Thorne is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She is editor-in-chief of the journal Nursing Inquiry.

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