Mixing Methods in Social Research

Ralph Hall MA PhD AM is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia.  He has taught research methods to both undergraduate and graduate students in the social science and policy program in the School since 1990.  His research interests include the role of peer mentoring in facilitating incoming students adjustment to academic study, the work-study experience of students in addition to research designs in social research with particular reference to mixed-methods.  He has co-edited one book with Lynn Scott, namely Global Issues: Perspectives on General Studies (MacMillan, 1987) and authored two, namely Impacts: Contemporary Issues and Global Problems with Roger Bell(MacMillan, 1996) and Applied Social Research: Planning, Designing and Conducting Real World Research. (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008).  In 2019 he was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to education as an academic and to the community.

• Part I: The Principles of Mixed Methods ResearchChapter 1: The Nature of Social Research and the Emergence of Mixed MethodsChapter 2: Defining Paradigms and their use in Mixed Methods ResearchPart II: Planning Social ResearchChapter 3: Defining the Research Problem and Reviewing the LiteratureChapter 4: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks in Social ResearchChapter 5: Choosing the Research DesignChapter 6: Combining Methods in Mixed Methods DesignsPart III: Conducting Social ResearchChapter 7: Sampling Methods - Choosing Research ParticipantsChapter 8: Collecting Data Using Self-Completion QuestionnairesChapter 9: Collecting Data Using InterviewsChapter 10: Collecting Data Using Observational MethodsChapter 11: Collecting Secondary DataPart IV: Organizing and Analyzing Research DataChapter 12: Preparing Data for AnalysisChapter 13: Analyzing Quantitative DataChapter 14: Analyzing Qualitative DataChapter 15: Mixed Methods Data AnalysisPart V: Reporting, Presenting and Implementing Research FindingsChapter 16: Interpreting Research FindingsChapter 17: Communicating Research FindingsChapter 18: Turning Research Results into Practice

More concise than say Creswell & Plano Clark or Tashakkori & Teddlie, therefore more accessible for students. Clear and succinct discussion of the theoretical and practical issues associated with mixed methods research, with examples of published research. Draws on Creswell and Plano Clark 2011, even though a new and significantly updated edition came out in 2017 - were other contemporary references missed as well?