This book draws on a broad range of available social data collection methods to formulate a set of data collection approaches combining elements of existing methods. These methods are designed to create a comprehensive empirical description of the subject, accumulating the information needed with a minimum of error.
This brief text provides readers with a step-by-step procedure for incorporating secondary data into various mixed methods research designs, as well as identifying key characteristics of existing datasets that make them good candidates for ...
This book, first published in 2006, draws on a broad range of available social data collection methods to formulate a set of data collection approaches.
Readers have ample space in this text to write notes, fill out activities, and begin their process of actively designing and writing up a mixed methods study.
This book is an essential resource for both novice and experienced applied linguists tackling data collection techniques for the first time.
... Indicators of the degree of relationship between one predicted variable and one or more predictor variables Pearson's correlation coefficient shows the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
This is a short and practical guide not just for learning about mixed methods research, but also doing it.
Researchers wanting to learn how to think about and utilize mixed methods in their studies will find this an indispensable guide for their work.
Thus , the increased legitimacy of qualitative research methods , the increase in the number of paradigms that could be associated with qualitative research methods , and the unpopularity of the paradigm wars all were factors that led ...
A Guide to the Field Vicki L. Plano Clark, Nataliya V. Ivankova. Research. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1558689814543563 Plano Clark, V. L., & Badiee, M. (2010). Research questions in mixed methods research.
The Second Edition of An Applied Guide to Research Designs offers researchers in the social and behavioral sciences guidance for selecting the most appropriate research design to apply in their study.