Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• A new Chapter 3 focuses on three core mixed methods designs (the Convergent, the Explanatory Sequential, and the Exploratory Sequential designs) and their applications to illustrate the decisions involved with the most common uses of mixed methods research.
• Advanced mixed methods designs explain four prominent applications (intervention trials, case studies, participatory-social justice designs, and program evaluations) to show the latest thinking about mixed methods designs and the complexity and decisions involved.
• Ten advances in mixed methods research introduce new directions in mixed methods so students can understand the dynamics of the field and consider how their own work can use and contribute to cutting-edge practices.
• Seven articles, four new to this edition, provide multidisciplinary examples of quality mixed methods studies, and complex applications provide models to guide readers’ own planning as they apply the ideas to real studies.
• Enhanced emphasis on integration highlights the intent, procedures, representation, and interpretation of integration within each of the seven designs so readers understand how to design and implement integration within a mixed methods study.
• A new conclusion pulls together the key elements of the core designs to show readers the entire process of research from beginning to end.

KEY FEATURES:

• The book follows the process of conducting a study, including coverage of the initial assessment, the philosophical assumptions and theoretical stances that guide research, and the steps for developing an introduction, collecting and analyzing data, and writing the proposal and final report for a study.
• Each step in the design process unfolds within each chapter and is considered from the perspective of the different mixed methods designs.
• Each chapter concludes with a summary, further readings, and practical activities to make concrete the major points of the chapter.
• A threaded activity asks readers to incorporate the ideas from the chapter into the development of a mixed methods study that is being actively designed.
• Examples from diverse fields, such as sociology, psychology, education, management, marketing, social work, family studies, communication studies, leadership, family medicine, mental health, and nursing, augment the discussion of the steps in the design process and provide models for how to write up and report the results.