Themes:
1- Research paradigms in qualitative research
2- Research designs: five traditions
3- Qualitative data: Observing, conversing, collecting
4- Analyzing data: coding, categorizing, interpreting
5- Writing a qualitative paper: ordering and communicating concepts
6- The technology of qualitative research
7- Evaluating qualitative research
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