Johnny Saldaa Outlines The Basic Elements Of Longitudinal Qualitative Data, Focusing On Micro-levels Of Change Observed Within Individual Cases And Groups Of Participants. He Draws Upon His Primary Experience In Theater Education To Examine Time And Change In Longitudinal Qualitative Studies; Contending That Playwrights And Qualitative Researchers Write For The Same Purpose: To Create A Unique, Insightful, And Engaging Text About The Human Condition. Offering Sixteen Specific Questions Through Which Researchers May Approach The Analysis Of Longitudinal Qualitative Data, Professor Saldaa Presents A Text Intended As A Primer For Fellow Newcomers To Long Term Inquiry, Based On Traditional Social Science Methods From Traditional Qualitative And Quantitative Paradigms, But Enriched By An Artist-educator''s Unconventional Perspective.