In
Mixed Methods Research Outside the Box, Joseph A. Maxwell shows readers how to carry out unconventional, yet effective, mixed methods research. Providing a new way to think about and combine qualitative and quantitative research, this readable text takes a broad view of mixed methods, revealing the largely unrecognized early history of mixed methods research and its current diversity across disciplines. Maxwell brings together work on combining qualitative and quantitative methods from a variety of disciplines and puts them in conversation with one another. He identifies mixed methods’ philosophical bases, presenting an ‘interactive’ model of design that more closely integrates qualitative and quantitative elements and emphasizes the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methods for understanding causation and generalization. Drawing from recent works on causation, integration, and philosophy of science, this text promotes innovations in mixed methods, such as process tracing in political science and design-based research in education. This groundbreaking book provides readers with a new way of thinking about, developing, and conducting mixed methods research.
Table of Content
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1: The Early History of Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 2: The “Silo Problem” in Recent Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 3: Philosophical Stances for Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 4: Mixed Methods Research Design
Chapter 5: Validity in Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 6: The Complementarity of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Understanding Causation
Chapter 7: The Complementarity of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Addressing Generalization
Chapter 8: Conclusion
References
Index
About the author
Joseph A. Maxwell is a Professor (Emeritus) in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, where he taught courses on qualitative and mixed methods research. He is the author of Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (3rd ed.; SAGE, 2013), A Realist Approach for Qualitative Research (SAGE, 2012), and papers on qualitative and mixed methods research, program evaluation, sociocultural theory, Native American societies, and medical education. He has a Ph D in anthropology from the University of Chicago.
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