A Six Part Essay Concerning Qualitative Methods and Annette Lareau's "Unequal Childhoods"
by David W. Boles

This six part essay will briefly examine the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative methods as well as some of the qualitative methods found in Annette Lareau’s ethnology, Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life. Part One of this essay will address the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative methods; Part Two will examine the main points and arguments in Unequal Childhoods; Part Three will examine the book’s qualitative methods; Part Four will examine the strengths and weaknesses of Lareau’s methods; Part Five will discuss the mixed methods approach to research as discussed in three articles from Educational Researcher and finally, in Part Six, I will provide brief analysis and a critique of the book....

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