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Article 1

Flick, U. (2002). Qualitative research - State of the art. Social Science Information, 41(1), 5-24.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are some of the common features across the broad field of qualitative research discussed in this article?
2. What are some of the chief tensions in the broad field of qualitative research?
3. What are the primary tools of qualitative inquiry highlighted in this article?

Article 2

Maxwell, J. A. (2004). Using qualitative methods for causal explanation. Field Methods, 16(3), 243-264.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are some of the major uses of qualitative research?
2. What kind of research questions lead to qualitative inquiry?
3. What are some of the philosophical and ethical decisions in qualitative inquiry?