Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

The highly-anticipated second edition of the Foundations of Mixed Methods Research:Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences gives students a comprehensive overview of mixed methods from philosophical roots and traditions through designing, conducting, and disseminating a study. Authors Abbas Tashakkori, R. Burke Johnson, and Charles Teddlie have thoroughly updated the text to reflect the many advances over the last decade in mixed methods. New example studies throughout and a new appendix highlight the latest research on mixed methods and current best practices. New sections on evaluating quality in mixed methods studies and writing up research results round out the process of mixed methods research. The authors have added features like content summaries and objectives at the beginning of each chapter and chapter summaries and previews at the end of each chapter to aid readers in their mixed methods journey. Students across social science, behavioral science, and health and nursing fields are now expected to be proficient in mixed methods research. This text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods, from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusions. This new edition includes additional information on writing, publishing, and disseminating results, as well as information on policy impact and annotated examplars of mixed methods research studies. A new generation of mixed methods scholars can now engage with this vital text in mixed methods research.  

Table of 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

About the Author :
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. Burke Johnson is a professor in the Professional Studies Department at the University of South Alabama. His PhD is from the REMS (research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics) program in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. He also has graduate degrees in psychology, sociology, and public administration, which have provided him with a multidisciplinary perspective on research methodology. He was guest editor for a special issue of Research in the Schools focusing on mixed research (available online at www.msera.org/rits_131.htm) and completed a similar guest editorship for the American Behavioral Scientist. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Burke is first author of Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (Sage, 2014, 5th edition); second author of Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (Pearson, 2014, 12th edition); coeditor (with Sharlene Hesse-Biber) of The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (2015); coeditor (with Paul Vogt) of Correlation and Regression Analysis (2012); and associate editor of The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2009).   Charles Teddlie (Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is the Jo Ellen Levy Yates Distinguished Professor of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). He has also taught at the University of New Orleans and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (U.K.). He has also served as Assistant Superintendent for Research and Development at the Louisiana Department of Education. His major writing interests are social science research methodology and school effectiveness research. Professor Teddlie has taught research methods courses for over twenty years, including statistics and qualitative research methods. He has been awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the LSU College of Education. Professor Teddlie has lectured on school effectiveness research and educational research methodology in several countries including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Russia, the Ukraine, and Belarus.