Research Design Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
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2018-08-18
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SAGE
Abstract
This book advances a framework, a process, and compositional approaches for
designing a proposal or research project for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed
methods research in the human, health, and social sciences. The ascendency of
qualitative research, the emergence of mixed methods approaches, and the growth
of quantitative designs have created a need for this book’s unique comparison of
the three approaches to inquiry. This comparison begins with preliminary
consideration of philosophical assumptions for all three approaches, a review of
the literature, an assessment of the use of theory and conceptual frameworks in
research approaches, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in
scholarly inquiry. The book then addresses the key elements in the process of
designing and conducting a research project: writing an introduction; stating a
purpose or research aims for the study; identifying research questions and
hypotheses; and advancing methods and procedures for data collection, analysis,
and interpretation. At each step in this process, the reader is taken through
qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.