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Books by Dr. Hesse-Biber

  1. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, and Patricia Leavy. The Practice of Qualitative Research (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2011.
  2. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, ed. The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  3. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene. Mixed Methods Research : Merging Theory with Practice. New York: Guilford Press, 2010.
  4. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, and Patricia Leavy. Handbook of emergent methods. New York: Guilford Press, 2008.
  5. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Patricia Leavy. Emergent methods in social research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2006.
  6. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Patricia Leavy. The practice of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2005.
  7. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, and Patricia Leavy. Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Chapters & Sections in Books Featuring HyperRESEARCH

  1. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N. "HyperRESEARCH: Software for Qualitative Data Analysis." Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. Ed. Lisa M. Given. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 2008.
  2. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Patricia Leavy. "Pushing on the Methodological Boundaries: The Growing Need for Emergent Methods within and across the Disciplines." Handbook of Emergent Methods. By Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. New York: Guilford, 2008. 1-17.
  3. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Patricia Leavy. "Historical Context of Emergent Methods and Innovation in the Practice of Research Methods." Handbook of Emergent Methods. By Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. New York: Guilford, 2008. 17-22.
  4. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene,. "Innovation in Research Methods Designs and Analysis." Handbook of Emergent Methods. By Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. New York: Guilford, 2008. 359-264.
  5. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene. "The Impact of Emergent Technologies on research Methods." Handbook of Emergent Methods. By Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. New York: Guilford, 2008. 517-524.
  6. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Christine Crofts. "User-Centered Perspectives on Qualitative Data Analysis Sofrtware: emergent Technologies and Future Trends." Handbook of Emergent Methods. By Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. New York: Guilford, 2008. 655-674.
  7. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N. "Teaching Grounded Theory." The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory. Ed. Antony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz. Minneapolis: Sage Publications Ltd, 2007
  8. Kelle, Udo, E. Silbert, A. Shelly, S. Hesse-Biber, and Gunter Huber. "Introduction: Hypothesis Examination in Qualitative Research." Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Theory, Methods and Practice. Ed. Udo Kelle. Minneapolis: Sage Publications Ltd, 1996.
  9. Hesse-Biber, S., and Paul Dupuis. “Hypothesis Testing Automation for Computer-aided Qualitative Data Analysis.” Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice. Ed. Udo Kelle. Minneapolis: Sage Publications Ltd, 1996.
  10. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene. “Unleashing Frankenstein's Monster: The Use of Computers in Qualitative Research.” Studies in Qualitative Methodology Vol. 5. Ed. Robert G. Burgess. Middlesex, England: JAI Press, Ltd. 1995. 25-41

Journal Articles by Dr. Sharlene Hesse-Biber

  1. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene., Belcher-Schepis, Jeannette. and Chen, Xiaoxia. "Bridging the Divide Between Methods and Technology: Linking up Software to Qualitative Methods Instruction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 11, 2006. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104798_index.html>
  2. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. "Testing hypotheses on qualitative data: the use of HyperRESEARCH computer-assisted software." Social Science Computer Review 18.3 (2000): 320-28
  3. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. “Anthropology: New developments in video ethnography and visual sociology-analyzing multimedia data qualitatively.Social Science Computer Review, 18.1 (1997): 5-12
  4. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Bev Smith. “Users’ Experience with Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Neither Frankenstein’s Monster nor Muse.” Social Science Computer Review, 14.4 (1996): 423-432
  5. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Melissa Gilbert. “Closing the Technological Gender Gap: Feminist Pedagogy in the Computer-Assisted Classroom.” Teaching Sociology, 22 (1994): 19-31
  6. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. “HyperRESEARCH: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data with an Emphasis on Hypothesis Testing and Multimedia Analysis.” Qualitative Sociology, 14.4, (1991): 289-306
  7. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. “HyperRESEARCH: a computer program for the analysis of qualitative data with an emphasis on multimedia analysis and hypothesis testing.” Social Science Computer Review, 9.3, (1991): 452-460
  8. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. “HyperRESEARCH: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 3.2 (1990): 189-193

ResearchWare Founder on Methodspace

Dr. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, one of the founders of ResearchWare, Inc., is interviewed on Sage's Methodspace web site on Research Methods. A Faculty member at Boston College, Sharlene talks to Patrick Brindle, Research Methods Publisher at SAGE Publications, about feminist research methods. View Part 1of the interview here and view Part 2 here.

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