Integrating Analyses in Mixed Methods Research - Softcover

Patricia Bazeley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412961866 ISBN 13: 9781412961868

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Integrating Analyses for Mixed Methods Research goes beyond mixed methods research design and data collection, providing a pragmatic discussion of the challenges of effectively integrating data to facilitate a more comprehensive and rigorous level of analysis. Showcasing a range of strategies for integrating different sources and forms of data as well as different approaches in analysis, it helps you plan, conduct, and disseminate complex analyses with confidence. Key techniques include:

• Building an integrative framework
• Analysing sequential, complementary and comparative data
• Identifying patterns and contrasts in linked data
• Categorizing, counting, and blending mixed data
• Managing dissonance and divergence
• Transforming analysis into warranted assertions 

With clear steps that can be tailored to any project, this book is perfect for students and researchers undertaking their own mixed methods research. 

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About the Author

Pat Bazeley is Director of Research Support P/L and Adjunct Professor in the Translational Research and Social Innovation Centre at Western Sydney University. Since graduating in psychology, she has worked in community development, as an evaluation researcher, and in academic research development. For almost 30 years Pat has been providing research training and project consulting to academics, graduate students and practitioners representing a wide range of disciplines across Australia and internationally. Her particular expertise is in helping researchers to make sense of qualitative, survey, and mixed methods data, and to use computer programs for management and analysis of data. Pat’s research has focused on qualitative and mixed methods data analysis, the development and performance of researchers, and the wellbeing of older women. She has published books, chapters, and articles on mixed methods and qualitative data analysis. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research and was 2015–2016 President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association.

From the Back Cover

This book goes beyond mixed methods research design and data collection to provide a pragmatic discussion of the challenges of effectively integrating data to encourage a more comprehensive and rigorous level of analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412961866
• ISBN 13: 9781412961868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 361