"This engaging, student-centered text presents invaluable insights into the practice of qualitative and mixed methods research. In this throughly updated edition, authors Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy offer a mix of theoretical approaches for qualitative methods practice that ranges from the interpretive tradition to critical perspectives." "This text is appropriate for all undergraduate and beginning graduate-level students taking qualitative and research methods courses in the social and behavioral sciences."--Jacket.