Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

Creswell, John W.; Creswell, J. David

ISBN 10: 1506386709 / ISBN 13: 9781506386706

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2018

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Synopsis:

This bestselling 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 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 coverage on qualitative and quantitative data analysis software in the respective methods chapters. 
• Additional information about causality and its relationship to statistics in quantitative methods. 
• Incorporation of writing discussion sections into each of the three methodologies. 
• Current references and additional readings are included in this new edition.

Review: "This text is incredibly helpful and among the books I use most frequently in my teaching and my own writing."--Andrew Ryder

Bibliographic Details

Title: Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, ...
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 5th or later Edition