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Thinking Analytically                     

DeCuir-Gunby, J. T., Marshall, P. L., & McCulloch, A. W. (2011). Developing and using a codebook for the analysis of interview data: An example from a professional development research project. Field Methods 23(2), 136-155.

Harry, B., Sturges, K. M., & Klingner, J. K. (2005). Mapping the process: An exemplar of process and challenge in grounded theory analysis. Educational Researcher 34(2), 3-13.

La Pelle, N. (2004). Simplifying qualitative data analysis using general purpose software tools. Field Methods 16(1), 85-108.

Thinking Deductively

Bitektine, A. (2008). Prospective case study design: Qualitative method for deductive theory testing.Organizational Research Methods 11(1), 160-180.

Ullman, S. E. (2005). Interviewing clinicians and advocates who work with sexual assault survivors: A personal perspective on moving from quantitative to qualitative research methods. Violence Against Women 11(9), 1113-1139.

Thinking Abductively

Levin-Rozalis, M. (2000). Abduction: A logical criterion for programme and project evaluation. Evaluation 6(4), 415-432.

Richardson, R., & Kramer, E. H. (2006). Abduction as the type of inference that characterizes the development of a grounded theory. Qualitative Research 6(4), 497-513.

Thinking Inductively

Thomas, D. R. (2006). A general inductive approach for analyzing qualitative evaluation data. American Journal of Evaluation 27(2), 237-246.

Thinking Retroductively

Ayers, D. F. (2011). A critical realist orientation to learner needs. Adult Education Quarterly 61(4), 341-357.

Thinking Patternly

Bondü, R., & Scheithauer, H. (2014). Kill one or kill them all? Differences between single and multiple victim school attacks. European Journal of Criminology, 1-23.

Chapman, M. V., & Stein, G. L. (2014). How do new immigrant Latino parents interpret problem behavior in adolescents? Qualitative Social Work 13(2), 270-287.

Thinking Categorically

Domahidi, E., & Quandt, T. (2014). "And all of a sudden my life was gone": A biographical analysis of highly engaged adult gamers. New Media & Society‍.

Hing, N., Cherney, L., Gainsbury, S. M., Lubman, D. I., Wood, R. T., & Blaszczynski, A. (2014). Maintaining and losing control during internet gambling: A qualitative study of gamblers' experiences. New Media & Society, 1-21.

Ivetic, V., Kersnik, J., Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Svab, I., Kolsek, M., & Poplas-Susic, T. (2013). Opinions of Slovenian family physicians on medically unexplained symptoms: A qualitative study. Journal of International Medical Research 41(3), 705-715.

Thinking Thematically

Agarwal, S. D., & Barthel, M. L. (2013). The friendly barbarians: Professional norms and work routines of online journalists in the United States. Journalism 1-16.

Epaminonda, E. (2013). Changes in authority relations when moving between more and less authoritarian cultures: The impact of Anglo-American education and return home. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 1-21.

Thinking Hierarchically

Jávor, I., & Jancsics, D. (2013). The role of power in organizational corruption: An empirical study. Administration & Society, 1-32.

Ni, H., Jones, C., & Bruning, R. (2013). Chinese teachers' evaluation criteria as reflected in narrative student evaluations: Implications for psychological services in schools. School Psychology International 34(2): 223-238.

Thinking Causationally

Howe, K. R. (2011). Mixed methods, mixed causes? Qualitative Inquiry 17(2) 166-171.

Maxwell, J. A. (2012). The importance of qualitative research for causal explanation in education. Qualitative Inquiry 18(8) 655-661.

Thinking Cyclically

Bell, H. (2003). Cycles within cycles: Domestic violence, welfare, and low-wage work. Violence Against Women 9(10), 1245-1262.