Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches - Couverture souple

Creswell, John W.; Creswell, J. David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1506386768 ISBN 13 : 9781506386768

Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2018

Synopsis

This best-selling 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 qualitative and quantitative data analysis, 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 information about causality and its relationship to statistics in quantitative methods
• Incorporation of writing discussion sections into each of the three methodologies

An invaluable guide for students and researchers across the social and behavioural sciences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John W. Creswell, PhD, is a Professor of Family Medicine and Senior Research Scientist of

the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. He has authored numerous articles and 34 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, co-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 Institutes of Health working group on the “best practices of mixed methods research

in the health sciences,” served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard’s School of Public Health and

received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. 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 2017, he coauthored the American Psychological Association

“standards” on qualitative and mixed methods research. The fourth edition of this book on

Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design won the 2018 McGuffey Longevity Award from the U.S.

Textbook & Academic Authors Association. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he gave virtual

keynote presentations to many countries from his office in Osaka, Japan. Updates on his work

can be found on his website at johnwcreswell.com.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The bestseller that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design continues in its Fifth Edition to help students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1506386768
• ISBN 13: 9781506386768
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 275
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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