This book, designed for novice researchers, provides a step-by-step guide to the development of a research project. It emphasizes learning how to do qualitative work and provides specific examples from real studies. The chapters are: (1) "Deciding To Do a Qualitative Study"; (2) "Designing Qualitative Studies"; (3) "Collecting Qualitative Data"; (4) "Analyzing Qualitative Data"; and (5) "Reporting Qualitative Research." Five appendixes contain sample protocols, a list of Internet resources, interview transcript, and an master outline for dissertation findings. (Contains 290 references.) (SLD)