The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

Offering a variety of innovative methods and tools, The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date presentation on multi- and mixed-methods research available. Written in clear and concise language by leading scholars in the field, it enhances and disrupts traditional ways of asking and addressing complex research questions. Topics include an overview of theory, paradigms, and scientific inquiry; a guide to conducting a multi- and mixed-methods research study from start to finish; current uses of multi- and mixed-methods research across academic disciplines and research fields; the latest technologies and how they can be incorporated into study design; and a presentation of multiple perspectives on the key remaining debates.

Each chapter in the volume is structured to include state-of-the-art research examples that cross a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary research settings. In addition, the Handbook offers multiple quantitative and qualitative theoretical and interdisciplinary visions and praxis. Researchers, faculty, graduate students, and policy makers will appreciate the exceptional, timely, and critical coverage in this Handbook, which deftly addresses the interdisciplinary and complex questions that a diverse set of research communities are facing today.

Sharlene Janice Nagy Hesse-Biber is Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She has published widely in the field of mixed-methods research and on the impact of sociocultural factors on women's body image. Author of Mixed-Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice (Guilford Publications, 2010) and associate editor of the Journal of Mixed-Methods Research, she is also on the editorial boards of Qualitative Health Research and Sociological Methodology. She is a co-developer of the software program HyperRESEARCH, a computer-assisted program for analyzing qualitative and mixed-methods data, and the transcription tool HyperTRANSCRIBE (www.researchware.com).

R. Burke Johnson is Professor in the Department of Professional Studies at the University of South Alabama and is an interdisciplinarian with four graduate degrees, specializing in research methodology and philosophy of social science. He is coauthor or coeditor of six books, including two research methods textbooks: Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (with Larry Christensen, 2014) and Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (with Larry Christensen and Lisa Turner, 2014).

Preface

Introduction: Navigating a Turbulent Research Landscape: Working the Boundaries, Tensions, Diversity, and Contradictions of Multi- and Mixed-Methods Inquiry
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber

Part I: Linking Theory and Method in Multi- and Mixed-Methods Research

Chapter 1: Qualitatively Driven Approaches to Multi- and Mixed-Methods Research
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Deborah Rodriguez, and Nollaig A. Frost

Chapter 2: Quantitatively Driven Approaches to Multi- and Mixed-Methods Research
Melvin M. Mark

Chapter 3: Thinking Outside the "Q" Boxes: Further Motivating a Mixed Research Perspective
Lisa D. Pearce

Chapter 4: Revisiting Mixed Methods and Advancing Scientific Practices
John W. Creswell

Chapter 5: Feminist Approaches to Multi- and Mixed-Methods Research: Theory and Praxis
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Amy J. Griffin

Chapter 6: Transformative and Indigenous Frameworks for Mixed- and Multi-Method Research
Fiona Cram and Donna M. Mertens

Chapter 7: Understanding and Emphasizing Difference and Intersectionality in Mixed- and Multi-method Research
Olena Hankivsky and Daniel Grace

Chapter 8: Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary MMR
Rick Szostak

Chapter 9: Putting Ethics on the Mixed-Methods Map
Judith Preissle, Rebecca M. Glover-Kudon, Elizabeth A. Rohan, Jennifer E. Boehm, Amy DeGroff

Part II: Conducting Exploratory, Confirmatory, and Interactive MMR

Chapter 10: Conducting Mixed-Methods Literature Reviews: Synthesizing the Evidence Needed to Develop and Implement Complex Social and Health Interventions
Jennifer Leeman, Corrine I. Voils, and Margarete Sandelowski

Chapter 11: Designing Multi-method Research
Albert Hunter and John Brewer

Chapter 12: Issues in Qualitatively Driven Mixed-Method Designs: Walking through a Mixed-Method Project
Janice M. Morse

Chapter 13: Designing Integration in Mixed- and Multi-Method Research
Joseph Maxwell, Margaret Chmiel, Sylvia E. Rogers

Chapter 14: Validity in Mixed- and Multi-Method Research
Kathleen M. T. Collins

Chapter 15: Data Analysis I: Overview of Data-Analysis Strategies
Julia Brannen and Rebecca O'Connell

Chapter 16: Advanced Mixed Analysis Approaches
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and John H. Hitchcock

Chapter 17: Writing Up Mixed- and Multi-Methods Research for Diverse Audiences
Pat Bazeley

Chapter 18: Funding for Mixed-Methods Research: Sources and Strategies
Jennifer P. Wisdom and Michael D. Fetters

Chapter 19: Mentoring the Next Generation in Mixed Research
Rebecca K. Frels, Isadore Newman, and Carole Newman

Part III: Contextualizing MMR within and across Disciplines and Applied Settings

Chapter 20:Mixed- and Multi-Method Research in the Fields of Education and Anthropology
Jori N. Hall and Judith Preissle

Chapter 21: Evolving Mixed- and Multi-Method Approaches for Psychology
Nollaig A. Frost and Rachel L. Shaw

Chapter 22: Participatory Mixed-Methods Research (PMMR)
Bradley D. Olson and Leonard A. Jason

Chapter 23: Moving from Randomised Controlled Trials to Mixed-Methods Intervention Evaluations
Sarah J. Drabble and Alicia O'Cathain

Chapter 24: Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Donna M. Mertens and Michele Tarsilla

Chapter 25: Applying Multiple and Mixed Methods to Prevention Research in Global Health
Stevan Weine

Chapter 26: History and Emergent Practices of Mixed and Multiple Methods in Business Research
José F. Molina-Azorín and Roslyn A. Cameron

Chapter 27: How Does Mixed-Methods Research Add Value to Our Understanding of Development?
Nicola A. Jones, Paola Pereznieto, and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall

Part IV: Incorporating New Technologies into Mixed- and Multi-Method Research

Chapter 28: Mixed-Methods and Multimodal Research and Internet Technologies
Christine M. Hine

Chapter 29: Conducting Mixed- and Multi-Method Research Online
Janet E. Salmons

Chapter 30: Emergent Technologies in Mixed- and Multi-Method Research: Incorporating Mobile Technologies
Leo Remijn, Nathalie Stembert, Ingrid Mulder, and Sunil Choenni

Chapter 31: Emergent Technologies in Mixed- and Multi-Method Research: Incorporating GIS and CAQDAS
Jane L. Fielding and Nigel G. Fielding

Part V: Commentaries: Dialoguing about Future Directions of Mixed- and Multi-Method Research

Chapter 32: What Problem Are We Trying to Solve? Practical and Innovative Uses of MMR
Thomas A. Schwandt and Lauren Lichty

Chapter 33: Mixed Methods and the Problems of Theory Building and Theory Testing in the Social Sciences
Udo Kelle

Chapter 34: Preserving Distinctions within the MMR Merger
Jennifer C. Greene

Chapter 35: Conundrums on Multimethod Research
Albert Hunter and John Brewer

Chapter 36: It Depends: Possible Impacts of Moving the Field of Mixed-Methods Research Towards Best Practice Guidelines
Julianne Cheek

Chapter 37: Feminism, Causation, and Mixed-Methods Research
Sharon Crasnow

Chapter 38: Causality, Generalizability, and the Future of Mixed-Methods Research
Robert K. Yin

Chapter 39: Mixed Methods: Dissonance and Values in Research with Marginalized Groups
Dawn Freshwater and Pamela Fisher

Chapter 40: Harnessing Global Social Justice and Social Change with Multiple- and Mixed-Method Research
Fiona Cram

Conclusions: Toward an Inclusive and Defensible Multi- and Mixed Science
R. Burke Johnson

Index