LibGuides: Research Methods & Design: Mixed Methods

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
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Ebook Central This link opens in a new window Content: Ebooks with coverage across all academic disciplines. The collection offers a critical mass of more than 150,000 foundational scholarly ebooks with balanced quantity and quality to improve teaching, learning and research workflow and outcomes.Purpose: Provides access to multidisciplinary ebooks for download or to be read online.Special Features: Browse by subject option; highlight and take notes in text.Help using this database.
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SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Content: Reference sources, primarily books but also videos and business cases. Purpose: Use for finding reference sources like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material. Special Features: Includes Sage Navigator
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SAGE Navigator This link opens in a new window Content: Pulls content from SAGE Knowledge, focusing on major works.Purpose: A valuable literature review tool for social science fields.Special Features: Includes an interactive chronology tool.
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SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window Content: Books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on research methods and design. Purpose: Use to learn more about qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Special Features: Includes a methods map, project planner, and "which stats" test
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What Is Best: Quantitative, Qualitative Or Mixed Approaches?
Dr Zina O'Leary discusses whether qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods are best.
An Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
Professor John Hitchcock discusses mixed methods and the best situations for this approach. Mixed methods combine qualitative and quantitative methods to use the strengths of both.

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Advances in Mixed Methods Research by Manfred Max Bergman (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412948098
Publication Date: 2008
This book contains contributions from some of the world's leading experts on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.
The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods by Debra J. Rog (Editor); Leonard Bickman (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412950312
Publication Date: 2008
Provides students and researchers with the most comprehensive resource covering core methods, research designs, and data collection, management, and analysis issues.
SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research by Abbas Tashakkori; Charles B. Teddlie
ISBN: 9781412972666
Publication Date: 2010
Examines all aspects of mixed methods research across a variety of disciplines.

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