Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Journal Article 9.1: Brown, A. P. (2010). Qualitative method and compromise in applied social research. Qualitative Research, 10(2), 229-248.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. How is qualitative research compromised?
2. Discuss how qualitative research is generally perceived and received.
3. Discuss quality and the qualitative-quantitative spectrum.
4. Describe flexibility and transparency.

Journal Article 9.2: Spicker, P. (2011). Ethical covert research. Sociology, 45(1), 118-133.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Discuss the practical and methodological reasons for limiting disclosure.
2. What is covert research?
3. Discuss privacy and its role in research.
4. Describe a few of the objections to covert research.

Journal Article 9.3: Peek, L., & Fothergill, A. (2009). Using focus groups: Lessons from studying daycare centers, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina. Qualitative Research, 9(1), 31-59.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What is a focus group?
2. What is the process for conducting a focus group?
3. How is focus group data analyzed?
4. Describe the strengths and limitations of focus groups.