Rapid Qualitative Inquiry A Field Guide to Team-Based Assessment [Hardcover]

The RAP/RQI approach is a tool in the practitioners kit, and this book is an excellent introduction to the perspective and approach. It also provides an easily accessible introduction to students in methods classes because it is possible to conduct one or more complete studies through the course of a semester-long class. The book is to be recommended.Beebes Rapid Qualitative Inquiry is a timely addition to the contemporary applied anthropologistsskillset and toolbox. This book is a must read for interdisciplinary teams conductingtimely and responsible research that seeks to identify and solve real-world problems in thetwenty-first century.We need more books like this! In addition to the ample discussion of how to do this kind ofresearchincluding extensive examples of real researchers using RAP/RQIBeebe delves intothe why issues in a way that I have rarely seen.This is a great book which will be immensely useful to established and new researchers alike.An accessible field guide to Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI)a team-based, applied research method designed to quickly develop an insiders perspective on and preliminary understanding of complicated situations.Practitioners in need of timely results for program and policy planningand students looking forrealistic research projectswill find solutions in Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI), a team-based,applied research method designed to quickly develop an insiders perspective on and preliminaryunderstanding of complicated on-the-ground situations.In this accessible field guide to RQI, James Beebe provides an introduction to research thatsubstitutes teamwork for long-term fieldwork; uses iterative data collection, data analysis, andadditional data collection; triangulates data from multiple sources; and applies techniques andconcepts from ethnography and case study research. Extensive examples make clear that rapiddoes not mean rushed and that rigorous RQI depends upon flexibility rather than an arbitrarylistl#