Provides instruction and exercises on observing interviewing participating interpreting and a number of other skills that are foundational to qualitative research written in an exceptionally engaging style the book introduces students to skills and then carefully and concretely helps students practice them. Qualitative research a personal skills approach inproceedingsshank2001qualitativera titlequalitative research a personal skills approach authorgary shank year2001 gary shank published 2001 computer science chapter 1 becoming a skilled qualitative researcher chapter 2 observing chapter 3 conversing chapter 4 participating chapter 5 interpreting chapter 6 questioning chapter . Provides instruction and exercises on observing interviewing participating interpreting and a number of other skills that are foundational to qualitative research written in an exceptionally. Qualitative research personal skills approach by gary shank qualitative research a personal skills approach by gary d shank and a great selection of similar used new and collectible books available now at qualitative research getting started ncbi nih qualitative research involves asking participants about their experiences of smith has described methodology as the explanation of the . This up to date book is the first of its kind to build upon the basic skills needed to do qualitative research skills such as observing conversing participating and interpreting are introduced through exercises and then developed based on the current understandings in the field comprehensive and user friendly this book incorporates hands on learning into the overall process with ten