Rapid Qualitative Inquiry: A Field Guide to Team-Based

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

Practitioners in need of timely results for program and policy planningâ€”and students looking for
realistic research projectsâ€”will find solutions in Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI), a team-based,
applied research method designed to quickly develop an insiderâ€™s perspective on and preliminary
understanding of complicated â€œon-the-groundâ€ situations.

In this accessible field guide to RQI, James Beebe provides an introduction to research that
substitutes teamwork for long-term fieldwork; uses iterative data collection, data analysis, and
additional data collection; triangulates data from multiple sources; and applies techniques and
concepts from ethnography and case study research. Extensive examples make clear that â€œrapidâ€
does not mean â€œrushedâ€ and that rigorous RQI depends upon flexibility rather than an arbitrary
list of techniques. Throughout, Beebeâ€™s clear prose guides interdisciplinary readers through the
process, promise, and potential pitfalls of RQI.
Country USA
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-10-23
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-10-23
Format	Kindle eBook

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