Pat Bazeley

Integrating Analyses in Mixed Methods Research (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Integrating Analyses in Mixed Methods Research goes beyond mixed methods research design and data collection, providing a pragmatic discussion of the challenges of effectively integrating data to facilitate a more comprehensive and rigorous level of analysis. Showcasing a range of strategies for integrating different sources and forms of data as well as different approaches in analysis, it helps you plan, conduct, and disseminate complex analyses with confidence. Key techniques include:

• Building an integrative framework
• Analysing sequential, complementary and comparative data
• Identifying patterns and contrasts in linked data
• Categorizing, counting, and blending mixed data
• Managing dissonance and divergence
• Transforming analysis into warranted assertions

With clear steps that can be tailored to any project, this book is perfect for students and researchers undertaking their own mixed methods research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526417183
• Artikelnr.: 49272788

Autorenporträt

Pat Bazeley is Director of Research Support P/L and Adjunct Professor in the Translational Research and Social Innovation Centre at Western Sydney University. Since graduating in psychology, she has worked in community development, as an evaluation researcher, and in academic research development. For almost 30 years Pat has been providing research training and project consulting to academics, graduate students and practitioners representing a wide range of disciplines across Australia and internationally. Her particular expertise is in helping researchers to make sense of qualitative, survey, and mixed methods data, and to use computer programs for management and analysis of data. Pat's research has focused on qualitative and mixed methods data analysis, the development and performance of researchers, and the wellbeing of older women. She has published books, chapters, and articles on mixed methods and qualitative data analysis. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research and was 2015-2016 President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: A foundation for integrated analysis
Chapter 1: Mixed methods in context
Chapter 2: Planning for analysis
Chapter 3: Interpreting data
Part Two: Integrative analysis strategies
Chapter 4: Sequential integration: Analysis guiding design and further analysis
Chapter 5: Complementary analysis of varied data sources
Chapter 6: Analysing linked data: Seeking patterns and contrasts
Chapter 7: From codes and counts to content analysis and 'big data'
Chapter 8: Integration through data transformation 1: Qualitative data to statistical variables
Chapter 9: Integration through data transformation 2: Exploratory, blended, and narrative approaches
Chapter 10: Inherently mixed, hybrid methods
Chapter 11: Exploring dissonance and divergence
Part 3: Negotiated, warranted inferences
Chapter 12: From integrative analyses to warranted assertions and a coherent, negotiated account

Rezensionen

Bazeley addresses one of the biggest challenges faced by mixed methods researchers: the integration of data and interpretation of results that come from different data collection methods. She does so in a comprehensive and systematic way that is enhanced by the use of multiple examples that illustrate multiple mixed methods data analysis strategies. Bazeley also includes a diagram for each chapter that guides readers, making it easy to follow the detailed and thoughtful process provided in this important book. In addition, she demonstrates how integration can be accomplished using a variety of software packages, thus making this an excellent guide for the new and advanced mixed methods researcher. Researchers who want to maximize the data from a mixed methods study will find this an invaluable resource.
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