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Edmund Husserl

"Back to the things themselves!"

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The Qualitative Methods Workbook is an "e-text" prepared for the college course Qualitative Research Methods (PSY 405) at Shippensburg University.  While the contents are copyrighted, they may be downloaded and hardcopied for educational and personal uses without permission, as long as the source is noted.  All other rights are reserved.  Comments can be directed to me at cgboer@ship.edu.

Part One:  Introduction and Phenomenological Description

Introduction:  Ch. 1

Phenomenological Description

•  Ch. 2 -- Phenomenological Description
•  Ch. 3 -- An Anger Workshop
•  Ch. 4 -- The Essence of Disgust
•  Ch. 5 -- Protocols of Friendship

Structural analysis

•  Ch. 6 --  Structural Analysis
•  Ch. 7 --  Tic Tac Toe
•  Ch. 8 -- Components of Kinship
•  Ch. 9 -- Ethnomusicology

Observation

•  Ch. 10 -- Observation
•  Ch. 11 -- Participant Observation
•  Ch. 12 -- Becoming More Observant
•  Ch. 13 -- Experimental Phenomenology

Interviewing

•  Ch. 14 -- Non-Directive Interviewing
•  Ch. 15 -- Being Aware of Your Biases
•  Ch. 16 -- Interviewing as a Dialog
•  Ch. 17 -- Focus Groups

Other Techniques

Conclusions:  Ch. 20 -- Zen Phenomenology

Bibliography

For qualitative articles on the net...

For a list of journals friendly to qualitative methods...

And also have a look at...

The Society for Existential Analysis.
SEA on Facebook.

Also, check out these phenomenological sketches: