Designing and conducting mixed methods research. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John W. Creswell, Vicki L. Plano Clark.
• Authors: Creswell, John W; Plano Clark, Vicki L
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Purpose of the Book; Audience for the Book; Book Features; New Features Added to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 • The Nature of Mixed Methods Research; Defining Mixed Methods Research; Examples of Mixed Methods Studies; What Research Problems Require Mixed Methods?; What Are the Advantages of Using Mixed Methods?; What Are the Challenges in Using Mixed Methods?; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 2 • The Foundations of Mixed Methods Research; Historical Foundations; Philosophical Foundations; Theoretical Foundations; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 3 • Core Mixed Methods Designs; Key Concepts That Inform Mixed Methods Designs; The Three Core Mixed Methods Designs; Additional Considerations in Choosing a Core Design; Describing a Design in a Written Report; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 4 • Complex Applications of Core Mixed Methods Designs; Intersecting Core Mixed Methods Designs With Other Research Approaches or Frameworks; Four Prominent Types of Complex Mixed Methods Designs; Drawing Diagrams of Complex Applications; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 5 • Introducing a Mixed Methods Study; Writing a Mixed Methods Title; Stating the Research Problem in the Introduction; Developing the Purpose Statement; Writing Research Questions and Hypotheses; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 6 • Collecting Data in Mixed Methods Research; Procedures in Collecting Qualitative and Quantitative Data; General Considerations for Data Collection in Mixed Methods; Data Collection Within the Mixed Methods Designs; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 7 • Analyzing and Interpreting Data in Mixed Methods Research; Procedures in Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation; Mixed Methods Data Analysis and Interpretation; Integrated Data Analysis and Interpretation Within the Mixed Methods Designs; Validity and Mixed Methods Designs; Software Applications and Mixed Methods Data Analysis; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 8 • Writing and Evaluating Mixed Methods Research; General Guidelines for Writing; Relate the Mixed Methods Structure to the Type of Writing; Evaluating a Mixed Methods Study; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Chapter 9 • Advances in Mixed Methods Research; Advances in Mining Data; Advances in the Insight Gained Through the Value of Mixed Methods Research; Advances in Mixed Methods Designs; Advances in Representations of Design Procedures; Advances in Integration; Advances in Creating Mixed Methods Questions and Study Aims; Advances in Representing Integration Through Joint Displays; Advances in Mixed Methods Validity; Advances in Understanding Skills Required for Mixed Methods; Advances in Publishing Mixed Methods Manuscripts; Summary; Activities; Additional Resources to Examine; Appendix A: Unwritten Rules of Talking to Doctors About Depression: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods; Appendix B: Students’ Persistence in a Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study; Appendix C: The Development of Client Violence Questionnaire (CVQ); Appendix D: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Robotic Gait Training and Gait-Focused Physical Therapy Programs for Children and Youth With Cerebral Palsy: A Mixed Methods RCT; Appendix E: Reconciling Data From Different Sources: Practical Realities of Using Mixed Methods to Identify Effective High School Practices; Appendix F: Understanding Transitions in Care From Hospital to Homeless Shelter: A Mixed-Methods, Community-Based Participatory Approach; Appendix G: Mixed Methods in Intervention Research: Theory to Adaptation; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: Third edition International student edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.42; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Research -- Evaluation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483346984
• Related ISBNs: 9781506386621
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