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This is a book about research design. In particular, it is about research designs for projects that collect both qualitative and quantitative data, so that their combined strengths will accomplish more than would have been possible with any one method. The approach presented here is broadly interdisciplinary, because Mixed Methods Research has interested social scientists from a great many fields, including: Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education, Evaluation, Nursing, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Health, Sociology, Social Work, and Urban Studies. Because this book emphasizes practical research designs, it will be most useful to practicing researchers – including both students who intend to pursue such a career and those who already devote their energy to collecting and analyzing data. Whether you are a student or a more experienced researcher, you will learn how Mixed Methods Research gets done in the real world.
Finding the Expertise to Combine Multiple Methods
Finding the Expertise to Combine Multiple Methods
Overview
Projects that combine qualitative and quantitative methods obviously require a range of skills, and this chapter considers three ways to build the level of expertise that it takes to do this kind of research. First, you could develop an acceptable level of proficiency in both of the methods that you will be using. Second, you could create a research team whose members supply different kinds of research skills. Third, you or someone else on the research team could develop a different kind of expertise based on a boundary-spanning role. A person in this role works back and forth between the needs of different methods. Each of these approaches has advantages and disadvantages; these are the primary topics ...
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