collected by Don Ratcliff, Ph.D. (who also wrote many of them)

General Issues

Seminar on Qualitative Research
Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research
Four Varieties of Notes
Logging Data
Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research
Initial Analysis
The Analysis Cycle NEW
Varieties of Formal Analysis
Analytic Induction as a Qualitative Research Method of Analysis
15 Varieties of Formal Data Analysis in Qualitative Research
Some of the Best Resources Available on Qualitative Research Methods
Examples of Qualitative Studies

Evaluating Qualitative Research Proposals and Reports

18 Guidelines for Evaluating a Qualitative Research Study (Lingenfelter & Ratcliff)
Evaluating A Qualitative Research Study: Twelve Components & Five Attributes (form only)
Detailed Description of the Twelve Components and Five Attributes (exploratory)
Lofland & Lofland's Guidelines for Qualitative Research
Important Issues to Address in a Qualitative Research Proposal
Lois Campbell's Guidelines for Evaluating a Qualitative Research Proposal

Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG) and Jude Preissle's Resources

QUIG Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies
QUIG Archives, Purpose, History, and Activities
Qualitative Research E-mail Resources
Periodicals Friendly to Qualitative Research
Qualitative Design: An Introduction (Lecture Outline)

Educational Ministry and Qualitative Research

The Children's Spirituality Web Page
Research of Children in Education Ministry Contexts
The Beginnings of a Christian Perspective on Qualitative Research
Examples of Qualitative Studies in Education and Educational Ministry
Sources on Methods of Research of Children and Examples of Research of Children's Spirituality

My Own Qualitative Research in Education

Qualitative Research in Education: A Review of the Methodological Literature
Dissertation Research Proposal
Complete Text of Book Video and Audio Media in Qualitative Research
Video of Spontaneous Dance in School Hallway
described in Qualitative Research in Psychology , ed. Paul Camic, et. al., 2003.
[Windows Media Player file]
ERIC document "Rituals in a School Hallway"
My Complete Dissertation [with added pictures and videos]

Four Part Lecture on Qualitative Research Methods
videotaped at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Forth Worth, Texas in 1999, graphics and research video added in 2005

My Presentations and Papers

My Books and Other Publications