E-raamat: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: A Pragmatic Approach

Morgan (sociology, Portland State U.) identifies research designs that integrate qualitative and quantitative data that can be used by researchers and students in the social sciences. The designs are meant to be accessible and well-proven and emphasize practicality. He discusses the logic behind mixed methods research, pragmatism as a philosophy and the use of mixed methods research for social sciences, qualitative vs. quantitative research designs and methods, motivations for using mixed methods, and the sequential priorities model, followed by four basic designs for research projects and additional issues like multipart sequential designs and finding the expertise to combine multiple methods. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



This is a book about research design. In particular, it is about research designs for projects that collect both qualitative and quantitative data, so that their combined strengths will accomplish more than would have been possible with any one method. The approach presented here is broadly interdisciplinary, because Mixed Methods Research has interested social scientists from a great many fields, including: Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education, Evaluation, Nursing, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Health, Sociology, Social Work, and Urban Studies. Because this book emphasizes practical research designs, it will be most useful to practicing researchers -- including both students who intend to pursue such a career and those who already devote their energy to collecting and analyzing data. Whether you are a student or a more experienced researcher, you will learn how Mixed Methods Research gets done in the real world.