Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies

by George W. Noblit and R . Dwight Hare

Book Overview

How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta-ethnography. After citing the criteria to be used in comparing qualitative research projects, the authors define the ways these can then be aggregated to create more cogent syntheses of research. Using examples from numerous studies ranging from ethnographic work in educational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803930232
• ISBN13: 9780803930230
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 8.8"