Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches / Edition 5

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches / Edition 5

ISBN-10:
1506386709
ISBN-13:
9781506386706
Pub. Date:
01/02/2018
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
1506386709
ISBN-13:
9781506386706
Pub. Date:
01/02/2018
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches / Edition 5

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches / Edition 5

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Overview

This bestselling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co-author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions; key elements of the research process; a review of the literature; an assessment of the use of theory in research applications, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry.

New to this Edition


• Updated discussion on designing a proposal for a research project and on the steps in designing a research study.
• Additional content on epistemological and ontological positioning in relation to the research question and chosen methodology and method.
• Additional updates on the transformative worldview.
• Expanded coverage on specific approaches such as case studies, participatory action research, and visual methods.
• Additional information about social media, online qualitative methods, and mentoring and reflexivity in qualitative methods.
• Incorporation of action research and program evaluation in mixed methods and coverage of the latest advances in the mixed methods field
• Additional coverage on qualitative and quantitative data analysis software in the respective methods chapters.
• Additional information about causality and its relationship to statistics in quantitative methods.
• Incorporation of writing discussion sections into each of the three methodologies.
• Current references and additional readings are included in this new edition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781506386706
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/02/2018
Edition description: Fifth Edition
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John W. Creswell, Ph D, is a professor of family medicine and senior research scientist at the Michigan Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan. He has authored numerous articles and 30 books on mixed methods research, qualitative research, and research design. While at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he held the Clifton Endowed Professor Chair, served as Director of the Mixed Methods Research Office, founded SAGE’s Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and was an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Michigan and a consultant to the Veterans Administration health services research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa in 2008 and to Thailand in 2012. In 2011, he co-led a National Institute of Health working group on the “best practices of mixed methods research in the health sciences,” and in 2014 served as a visiting professor at Harvard’s School of Public Health. In 2014, he was the founding President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association. In 2015, he joined the staff of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan to Co-Direct the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2017, he co-authored the American Psychological Association “standards” on qualitative and mixed methods research. In 2018 his book on “Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design” (with Cheryl Poth) won the Textbook and Academic Author’s 2018 Mc Guffey Longevity Award in the United States. He currently makes his home in Ashiya, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Analytic Contents of Research Techniques
Preface
Purpose
Audience
Format
Outline of Chapters
Companion Website
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 1 The Selection of a Research Approach
The Three Approaches to Research
Three Components Involved in an Approach
Research Approaches as Worldviews, Designs, and Methods
Criteria for Selecting a Research Approach
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 2 Review of the Literature
The Research Topic
The Literature Review
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 3 The Use of Theory
Quantitative Theory Use
Qualitative Theory Use
Mixed Methods Theory Use
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 4 Writing Strategies and Ethical Consideration
Writing the Proposal
Writing Ideas
Ethical Issues to Anticipate
Summary
Additional Readings
PART II DESIGNING RESEARCH
Chapter 5 The Introduction
The Importance of Introductions
An Abstract for a Study
Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Introductions
A Model for an Introduction
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 6 The Purpose Statement
Significance and Meaning of a Purpose Statement
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 7 Research Questions and Hypotheses
Qualitative Research Question
Quantitative Research Questions and Hypotheses
Mixed Methods Research Questions and Hypotheses
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 8 Quantitative Methods
Defining Surveys and Experiments
Components of a Survey Study Method Plan
Components of an Experimental Study Method Plan
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 9 Qualitative Methods
The Characteristics of Qualitative Research
Qualitative Designs
The Researcher’s Role and Ref
Data Collection Procedures
Data Recording Procedures
Data Analysis Procedures
Interpretation
Validity and Reliability
Writing the Qualitative Report
Summary
Additional Readings
Chapter 10 Mixed Methods Procedures
Components of Mixed Methods Procedures
Types of Mixed Methods Designs
A Procedure for Embedding Core Designs Into Complex Designs
Factors Important in Choosing a Mixed Methods Design
Examples of Mixed Methods Procedures
Summary
Additional Readings
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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