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Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches /

"This book enables readers to compare three approaches to research - qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods - in a single research methods text. The book examines these methodologies side by side within the process of research, from the beginning steps of philosophical assumptions to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Creswell, John W.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2009.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Preliminary Considerations
  • 1. The Selection of a Research Design
  • 2. Review of the Literature
  • 3. The Use of Theory
  • 4. Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations
  • Pt. II. Designing Research
  • 5. The Introduction
  • 6. The Purpose Statement
  • 7. Research Questions and Hypotheses
  • 8. Quantitative Methods
  • 9. Qualitative Procedures
  • 10. Mixed Methods Procedures.