Foundations of mixed methods research : integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences /: integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles Teddlie, Abbas Tashakkori.
• Authors: Tashakkori, Abbas; Johnson, Robert Burke; Teddlie, Charles
• Contents: Preface; Publisher’s Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Section I: Mixed Methods: The Third Methodological Movement; Chapter 1: Mixed Methods as the Third Research Community; Objectives; Three Communities of Researchers in the Social and Behavioral Sciences; An Example of How the Three Communities Approach a Research Problem; The Three Methodological Communities: Continuing Debates or Peaceful Coexistence?; Differences Among Paradigms, Methodologies, and Methods; Stages of Research: A Systems Approach; More Details Regarding the Methodological Communities; Inductive-Deductive Research Cycle (Cycle of Research Methodology); Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 2: Three Approaches to Research; Objectives; Methodological Distinctions Among the Three Communities: Continua, Not Dichotomy; Issues Related to Mixed Methods Terms and Definitions; The Utility of Mixed Methods Research; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 3: Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; A Review of Philosophical Issues Relevant to Paradigms; Contemporary Points of View Regarding the Use of Paradigms; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Section II: Methods and Strategies of Mixed Methods Research; Chapter 4: Inputs to the Research Process: Mixed Methods Purposes and Questions; Objectives; Introduction: The Initiation Stage of Research; Reasons for Conducting Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences; The Emergence of Researchable Ideas in Content Areas of Interest; Conducting Literature Reviews; Generating Objectives for Mixed Methods Research; Generating Research Questions for Mixed Methods Research; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 5: Mixed Methods Research Designs; Objectives; Issues Regarding Typologies of Mixed Methods Designs; Criteria Used in Mixed Methods Research Typologies; Quasi-Mixed Methods Designs; Basic Terminology for Mixed Methods Research Designs; The Sequence-Sources Design Matrix; Popular Designs in Monomethod, Multimethod, and MM Research; Other Typologies of Mixed Methods Research Designs; Six-Step Process for Selecting or Constructing an Appropriate Mixed Methods Design; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 6: Sampling Methods and Strategies for Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; Sampling Methods and Strategies in the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Traditional Probability Sampling Methods; Traditional Purposive Sampling Methods; General Considerations Concerning Mixed Methods Sampling; Mixed Methods Sampling Approaches; Guidelines for Mixed Methods Sampling; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 7: Considerations Before Collecting Your Data; Objectives; Setting the Stage: Before You Start; Introduction to Data Collection in Mixed Methods Research; Data Quality in the Quantitative and Qualitative Strands of Mixed Methods Research; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 8: Data Collection Methods for Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; Major Data Collection Methods and Mixed Methods Research; Between-Methods Mixed Methods Data Collection; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 9: Data Analysis in Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; Analysis Strategies for Qualitative Data; Four General Types of Qualitative Data Analysis; Analysis Strategies for Quantitative Data; Strategies for Analyzing Mixed Methods Data; Applying Aspects of Analytic Frameworks of One Tradition to Data Analysis Within Another Tradition; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 10: The Inference Process in Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; Mixed Methods Research and Inferences; What Is a Research Inference?; The Process of Making Inferences; Evaluating and Maximizing the Quality of Research Inferences; A Complementary Elaboration to Our Integrative MM Framework; Transferability of Inferences in Mixed Methods Research; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Chapter 11: From Initiation to Utilization: Planning, Implementing, Writing, and Disseminating Mixed Methods Research; Objectives; From Initiation to Research Utilization; Conducting and Publishing Mixed Methods Studies; Politics, Challenges, and Prospects Facing Mixed Methods; Teaching and Learning of (Integrated) Research Methodology; Challenges and Future Directions; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; Key Terms; Appendix: Implementing Integration in an Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study of Belief Bias About Climate Change With High School Students; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Mixed methods research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506350325
• Related ISBNs: 9781506350301
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