num_pages: 688
description: The book that has been a resource and training tool for countless applied researchers evaluators and graduate students has been completely revised with hundreds of new examples and stories illuminating all aspects of qualitative inquiry. Patton has created the most comprehensive systematic and up-to-date review of qualitative methods available. Patton has retained and expanded upon the Exhibits that highlight and summarize major issues and guidelines the summative sections tables and figures as well as the sage advice of the Sufi Master Halcolm. This revision will help readers integrate and make sense of the great volume of qualitative works published in the past decade. 
language: English
title: Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc