The mixed methods reader

This book provides a collection of key methodological writings in mixed methods research along with a collection of exemplar studies. This cross-disciplinary volume helps define the "literature" of mixed methods research. Selections are draw from the international literature that has appea...

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Other Authors: Plano Clark, Vicki L. (Editor), Creswell, John w. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications, Inc 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of mixed methods research
  • Pragmatism as a philosophical foundation for mixed methods research
  • The transformative-emancipatory perspective as a philosophical foundation for mixed methods research
  • Triangulation as the first mixed methods design
  • Identifying the purposes for mixed methods designs
  • A notation system for mixed methods designs
  • An expanded typology for classifying mixed methods research into designs
  • Different sampling techniques for mixed methods studies
  • Data analysis strategies in mixed methods research
  • Expanding the reasons for conducting mixed methods research
  • Types of legitimation (validity) in mixed methods research
  • Powerful rhetorical devices used in writing mixed methods research
  • An improved role for qualitative research in mixed methods
  • An alternative to reconciling the different realities of qualitative and quantitative research
  • A concurrent/triangulation mixed methods design with merged results
  • A concurrent/triangulation mixed methods design with data transformation
  • An embedded experimental before-intervention mixed methods design
  • An embedded experimental during-intervention mixed methods design
  • An embedded experimental after-intervention mixed methods design
  • A sequential explanatory mixed methods design to explain findings
  • A sequential explanatory mixed methods design with participant selection
  • A sequential exploratory mixed methods design with instrument development
  • A sequential exploratory mixed methods design to generate and test a model