Qualitative Methods in Social Research

By Kristin G Esterberg. 2001

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Theory-Testing, Generalization, and the Problem of External Validity* (2003, background): “…presence of an intrusive investigator (Berg 2001) and the fact that naturalistic reports will always be filtered through researchers’ perspectives (Esterberg 2002). interacting with fictitious partners, but we would have no reason to think that the findings would generalize to executives in a…”
Student Veterans in Transition: Re-enrolling after War Zone Deployments (2010, methodology): “Potential respondents were identified through purposeful and referral sampling (Esterberg, 2002).”
School Segregation and Math Achievement: A Mixed-Method Study on the Role of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies. (2013, methodology): “These transcriptions were analyzed with detailed reading and successive open and focused coding (Esterberg, 2002).”
Why Won’t They Listen to Us? (2004, background): “(Esterberg, 2002: 152) Appreciating and exploring the interpretive framework (psychological reality) of those being studied has authenticity since the research participant is by WHY WON’T THEY LISTEN TO US?”