Problems of writing and representation inqualitative inquiry1

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Doing alternative paradigm research for the doctoral thesis provokes questions and concerns that are not easily answered by a priori hypotheses and statistical design. This is a reflective essay that, through its form and content, challenges norms of scholarly writing. The article is grounded in an ongoing research project initially designed to collect and share ideas about the style and structure of “qualitative” dissertations. Interaction with research correspondents’ materials and an excursion into reading and writing suggest that the range of alternatives for novice researchers, who are also readers and writers, remains restricted and not always compatible with their “felt sense” of the experience of being the researcher as human instrument.

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