Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry

Jennifer C. Greene is professor in quantitative and evaluative research methodologies, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, at the University of Illinois, Champaign.

• List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits ixIntroduction xiThe Author xvPart One 1Chapter One: Mental Models and Mixed Methods Inquiry 3Group Discussion 5Making Sense of These Conversations: The Concept of Mental Models 11Mixed Methods Social Inquiry as Mixing Mental Models 13An Invitation to Read This Book 14Who is Invited 16Chapter Two: Adopting a Mixed Methods Way of Thinking 17A Mixed Methods Way of Thinking 20Looking Ahead 30Chapter Three: The Historical Roots of the Contemporary Mixed Methods Conversation 31The Philosophical Seeds of Discontent 33The Seeds of Discontent in Practice 35The Great Qualitative-Quantitative Debate 36Rapprochement and the Emergence of the Idea of Mixing Methods 42But Troubled Waters Remained 48Chapter Four: Contested Spaces: Paradigms and Practice in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 49On the Nature of Philosophical Paradigms for Social Inquiry, and Mental Models, Too 51Interlude 54On the Relationships of Mental Models (and Paradigms) to Practice 55A Reflective Stance 59My Mixed Methods Story 60Chapter Five: Stances on Mixing Paradigms and Mental Models While Mixing Methods 66Various Stances on Mixing Paradigms While Mixing Methods— An Overview 67Reprise 86Interlude One: An Illustration of A Mixed Methods Way of Thinking 88Study Purpose 89Mixed Methods Research Design 89Mixed Methods Analysis 91Sample Results 91Part Two 93Chapter Six: Mixing Methods on Purpose 95Mixing Methods for Better Understanding 98Purposes for Mixing Methods 98An Illustration of Mixed Methods Purposes in Practice 104Practical Procedures for Thinking About and Identifying Mixed Methods Purposes 107Mixed Methods Purposes and Stances on Mixing Paradigms While Mixing Methods 109Chapter Seven: Designing Mixed Methods Studies 112Mixing Methods at Different Stages of Social Inquiry: Mixed Methods and Mixed Model Designs 113Mixing Methods With in a Single Study or Across Studies in a Program of Research 117Dimensions of Difference in Mixed Methods Design 118Component and Integrated Mixed Methods Designs 120Other Formulations of Mixed Methods Design 129Illustrations of Mixed Methods Designs in Practice 132Connecting Mixed Methods Designs to Mixed Methods Paradigm Stances and Mixed Methods Purposes 134Interlude Two: Mixed Methods Purposes and Designs in Action 138Overall Mixed Methods Purposes and Design 139Mixed Methods Contributions to the MTO Study 141Chapter Eight: Mixed Methods Data Analysis 142Thinking About Mixed Methods Data Analysis 143Mixed Methods Data Analysis Strategies 144Mixed Methods Data Analysis Exemplars 155Reprise 163Chapter Nine: Judging the Quality of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 164Thinking About Inquiry Criteria in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 165Inference Quality in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 167Legitimation as Quality in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 168Warranting the Quality of Inferences in Mixed Methods Inquiry 169An Illustration 174Chapter Ten: Writing Up and Reporting Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 179Writing Up Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 181Representation in Social Inquiry 182Writing up Mixed Methods Social Inquiry: Two Preliminary Principles 185Interlude Three: More Creativity in Mixed Methods Data Analysis and Display 189The Metaphor 189The Example 190An Application of the Archipelago Metaphor 191Part Three 193Chapter Eleven: The Potential and Promise of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry 195References 200Index 210