Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach

I read this for a Leadership Research and Design Logic post-graduate course. The writing was accessible. There were times when the book took direct aim at validity and supported actions that I would have intuitively considered threats to research validity (particularly internal validity). Upon reflection, though, it seems perfectly logical that the researcher should be allowed to let on-going research influence the original research questions. The researcher, though, MUST be forthcoming in subsequent write-ups as to why such influence was present. In qualitative research, evidence as to the evolution of research questions could form the primary helpful-ness of the study.

This text serves as a suitable introduction to qualitative research. Maxwell's examples and activities are quite helpful at strengthening comprehension of the book's content. It should not be read lightly, though, as there are passages that feel incomplete or, as I noted earlier, some counter-intuitive for the novice researcher.