Foundations of Mixed Methods Research

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.

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.

PrefacePublisher's AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsSection I: Mixed Methods: The Third Methodological MovementChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsSection II: Methods and Strategies of Mixed Methods ResearchChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsChapter 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 TermsAppendix: Implementing Integration in an Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study of Belief Bias About Climate Change With High School StudentsGlossaryReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index