“This is an excellent addition to the literature of integrated methodology. The author has skillfully integrated diverse ways of thinking about mixed methods into a comprehensive and meaningful framework. By providing detailed examples, she makes it easy for both the students and the practitioners to understand the intricate details and complexities of doing mixed methods research. On the other hand, by comparing, contrasting, and bridging multiple perspectives about mixed methods, she has made this book very relevant and useful to seasoned scholars of mixed methodology.”--Abbas Tashakkori, Frost Professor and coordinator, educational research and evaluation methodology, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International University, founding coeditor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research  

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