Using Mixed Methods: Frameworks for an Integrated Methodology - Softcover

Plowright, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848601085 ISBN 13: 9781848601086

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Using Mixed Methods offers an innovative approach to social and educational research. The author sets out the case for research from an holistic perspective, integrating different methods, different data and overall research strategies.

This book shows how to use an integrated methodology that meets the needs of the postgraduate researcher who wants to challenge the traditional paradigmatic view of research.

The author explores:

- The FraIM and its application to social and educational research

- The contexts of research

- Different methods of data collection

- Types of data and their natural integration within the research process

This book is for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students on social science and education courses.

David Plowright is a lecturer in the Centre for Educational Studies at the University of Hull.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. David Plowright is currently a lecturer in the Centre for Educational Studies at the University of Hull.

His research interests are focused on educational leadership and management and he is currently undertaking research into school improvement in South Africa.

From the Back Cover

This book will hold the novice researcher's hand through the process of undertaking a research project using mixed methods. It has a particular focus on ethics, a key concern for researchers in education and the social sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848601085
• ISBN 13: 9781848601086
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224