TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plano Clark,Vicki L.
AU  - Creswell,John W.
TI  - The mixed methods reader
SN  - 1412951445
AV  - H62 .M534 2008
U1  - 300.72 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The evolution of mixed methods research -- Pragmatism as a philosophical foundation for mixed methods research -- The transformative-emancipatory perspective as a philosophical foundation for mixed methods research -- Triangulation as the first mixed methods design -- Identifying the purposes for mixed methods designs -- A notation system for mixed methods designs -- An expanded typology for classifying mixed methods research into designs -- Data analysis strategies in mixed methods research -- Expanding the reasons for conducting mixed methods research -- Types of legitimation (validity) in mixed methods research -- Powerful rhetorical devices used in writing mixed methods research -- An improved role for qualitative research in mixed methods -- An alternative to reconciling the different realities of qualitative and quantitative research -- A concurrent/triangulation mixed methods design with merged results
ER  -