Rapid Qualitative Inquiry: A Field Guide to Team-Based Assessment

ISBN: 0759123209

Author: Beebe Gonzaga University, James

Condition: New

Practitioners in need of timely results for program and policy planning-and students looking forrealistic research projects-will find solutions in Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI), a team-based,applied research method designed to quickly develop an insiders perspective on and preliminaryunderstanding of complicated on-the-ground situations.In this accessible field guide to RQI, James Beebe provides an introduction to research thatsubstitutes teamwork for long-term fieldwork; uses iterative data collection, data analysis, andadditional data collection; triangulates data from multiple sources; and applies techniques andconcepts from ethnography and case study research. Extensive examples make clear that rapiddoes not mean rushed and that rigorous RQI depends upon flexibility rather than an arbitrarylist of techniques. Throughout, Beebes clear prose guides interdisciplinary readers through theprocess, promise, and potential pitfalls of RQI.