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Using Mixed Methods
Frameworks for an Integrated Methodology



December 2010 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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.

 
From Mixed Methods to an Integrated Methodology
 
The FraIM: Frameworks for an Integrated Methodology
 
Case Selection: Data Source Management
 
Case Selection: Integrated Sampling
 
Data Collection: An Overview
 
Observation
 
Asking Questions
 
Analyzing Artefacts I
 
Analyzing Artefacts II
 
Data Integration
 
Warrantable Research: Using the FraIM as a Guide
 
Ethical Issues in Participant-Centred Research
 
Wider Ethical Issues and the FraIM
 
Holistic Integrationism: Philosophizing Research
 
A Few Final Words

This text is a very helpful one for any student planning to use mixed methods methodology

Professor Morag Gray
Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
July 19, 2011

An interesting read for a post graduate early career researcher. It provoked an interesting discussion amongst colleagues.

Ms Karen Wickett
Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth
June 27, 2011

Essential reading for someone embarking on any level of research. The Framework for an Integrated Methodology is unpacked enough to allow researchers to be able to use and benefit from.

Mrs Michelle Rogers
Centre for Early Childhood, University of Worcester
June 3, 2011

An excellent synthesis for the approach of theological sociological projects using empirical methods. We can use it for both the DMin students and the BA cross cultural communications research & Cultural anthropology course projects.

Dr Anne Dyer
Postgraduate department, Mattersey Hall
May 16, 2011

A straightforward and handy book on the area of mixed research. A good use of summary boxes, reflections and examples throughout the text.

Dr Carmen Clayton
Center for children, young people and families, Leeds Trinity and All Saints
April 6, 2011

This book provides useful information for students preparing research proposals

Jan Gidman
School Nursing, Chester University
April 4, 2011

an excellent text for those considering mixed methods as a methodology

Ms Louise Lawson
Dept of Nursing & Midwifery, Hertfordshire University
March 30, 2011

Address all relevant issues. Language used at a level that students would find easy to follow and understand as fot most students English is not their mother tongue.

Dr Ronell Leech
Health , University of Pretoria
March 27, 2011

This book provides a novel yet pragmatic approach to mixed methods and will be of great value to researchers embarking on mixed methods. It is more suitable for postgraduate studies than undergraduate and the former are more likely to find the FRaIM a useful tool for their projects.

Dr Siobhan Ni Mhaolrunaigh
Department of Nursing, Institute of Technology
March 22, 2011

Very useful for our doctoral candidates who want to combine `hard' quantitative approaches with the `soft' business management aspects of their professional practices.

Dr Mehmet Ali Dikerdem
Interdiscipline , Middlesex University
March 16, 2011

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 2


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