MIXED METHOD DESIGN: PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES [Hardcover]

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research. They offer the basic principles of conducting this kind of study, then examine a wide variety of design options available to the researcher, including their strengths and weaknesses and when to use them. Providing examples from a variety of disciplines, examining potential threats to validity, and showing the relationship between method and theory, the book will be a valuable addition to the methodologist’s library and a useful text in courses in research design.

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research.

"Jan Morse and Linda Niehaus have written a fresh approach that will be immediately useful. They construct an original design approach based on core and supplemental methods that provide theoretical drive in a mixed methods study. They introduce new and useful concepts, such as point of interface and types of data sources that work best with certain designs, and they advance new notation (shorthand) that enables mixed methods investigators to best convey their designs. Most importantly, they take mixed methods where it should be going away from the more general discussions of types of designs into the actual procedures of conducting a mixed methods study. To illustrate these procedures they draw on their prolific output of published mixed methods studies. My students will immediately turn to their ideas for choosing and designing their next mixed methods study. In my first workshop on mixed methods after lóž