Abbas Tashakkori, Robert Burke Johnson, Charles B. Teddlie

Foundations of Mixed Methods Research

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Produktbeschreibung

This highly anticipated second edition gives students a comprehensive overview of mixed methods from philosophical roots and traditions through designing, conducting and disseminating a study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 193mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781506350301
• ISBN-10: 1506350305
• Artikelnr.: 54840450

Autorenporträt

Abbas Tashakkori (Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill) is the Chairperson of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of North Texas (Denton, Texas, USA). Previously, has has been a Professor of Research and Evaluation Methodology at Florida International University (Miami, Florida, USA). He has been a post-doctoral fellow at the Carolina Population Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University. He has extensive experience as a program evaluator, and he has taught research methods for more than two decades in undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of North Carolina, Shiraz University, Stetson University, Louisiana State University, and Florida International University. In addition to research methodology, his published work covers a wide spectrum of research and program evaluation in cross-cultural and multi-cultural contexts, including self-perceptions, attitudes, and gender/ethnicity.

Inhaltsangabe

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