Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (Applied Social Research Methods) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (Applied Social Research Methods) Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Looking for a practical guide to using mixed methodologies? This book explores the most effective way to combine qualitative and quantitative methodologies. It begins with a discussion of the paradigm wars between positivism and constructivism, explains the difference between using mixed methods in just the research methodology portion of a study versus using mixed model studies across all phases of the research process, and then presents a typology of mixed methods and mixed model studies. The authors next examine sampling and internal validity issues, reliability and validity questions, data collection procedures (including self-report techniques, questionnaires, observational methods, interaction analysis, and archival/cultural artifacts), and data analysis techniques. The book concludes with a discussion of detailed examples of current published and unpublished research that utilized mixed approaches. Researchers wanting to learn how to think about and utilize mixed methods in their studies will find this a useful guide for their work. This book is a valuable addition to standard textbooks in graduate-level research methodology courses in education, psychology, sociology, nursing, and other behavioral/health sciences.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (Applied Social Research Methods) Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Added a contributor: Abbas Tashakkori: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (Applied Social Research Methods) Friday, July 17 2009.

• During the past three decades, several debates or "wars" (e.g., Datta, 1994; Gage, 1989; Guba & Lincoln, 1994; House, 1994; Rossi, 1994) have raged in the social and behavioral sciences regarding the superiority of one or the other of the two major social science paradigms or models.