PART ONE: PARADIGMS AND POLITICS OF RESEARCH
Introduction to Mixed Methods and Mixed Model Studies in the Social
and Behavioral Sciences
Pragmatism and the Choice of Research Strategy
Research Design Issues for Mixed Method and Mixed Model Studies
PART TWO: METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF RESEARCH
Sampling, Measurement, and Quality of Inferences
Data Collection Strategies and Research Procedures
Alternatives to Traditional Data Analytic Strategies
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS, EXAMPLES AND FUTURE DIRECTION OF MIXED
MODEL RESEARCH
Examples of Mixed Model Designs
Extended Examples of Mixed Model Designs
Conclusions and Future Directions
Abbas Tashakkori (Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of North
Carolina -Chapel Hill) is the Chairperson of the Department of
Educational Psychology at the University of North Texas (Denton,
Texas, USA). Previously, has has been a Professor of Research and
Evaluation Methodology at Florida International University (Miami,
Florida, USA). He has been a post-doctoral fellow at the Carolina
Population Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, as well as a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University. He
has extensive experience as a program evaluator, and he has taught
research methods for more than two decades in undergraduate and
graduate programs at the University of North Carolina, Shiraz
University, Stetson University, Louisiana State University, and
Florida International University. In addition to research
methodology, his published work covers a wide spectrum of research
and program evaluation in cross-cultural and multi-cultural
contexts, including self-perceptions, attitudes, and
gender/ethnicity.
Charles Teddlie (Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill) is the Jo Ellen Levy Yates Distinguished
Professor of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). He has
also taught at the University of New Orleans and has been a
Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (U.K.).
He has also served as Assistant Superintendent for Research and
Development at the Louisiana Department of Education. His major
writing interests are social science research methodology and
school effectiveness research. Professor Teddlie has taught
research methods courses for over twenty years, including
statistics and qualitative research methods. He has been awarded
the Excellence in Teaching Award from the LSU College of Education.
Professor Teddlie has lectured on school effectiveness research and
educational research methodology in several countries including the
United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway,
Denmark, Russia, the Ukraine, and Belarus.
"This is an extremely useful book for its intended audience of
researchers and graduate students in the social sciences. It
addresses the framework issues of philosophy and politics of
research, the methods that one might use, and the applications of
different kinds of methodologies. The book is balanced,
informative, and clearly written…"
*Grant Gillett*
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