Download or read book 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher written by John W. Creswell and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher fills a gap in introductory literature on qualitative inquiry by providing practical "how-to" information for beginning researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Author John W. Creswell draws on years of teaching, writing, and conducting his own projects to offer effective techniques and procedures with many applied examples from research design, qualitative inquiry, and mixed methods. Creswell defines what a skill is, and acknowledges that while there may be more than 30 that an individual will use and perfect, the skills presented in this book are crucial for a new qualitative researcher starting a qualitative project.