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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154322203321

Autore

Watkins Daphne

Titolo

Mixed methods research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-029763-8

0-19-026624-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Pocket guides to social work research methods Pocket guides to social work research methods

Classificazione

SOC025000

Disciplina

001.4/2

001.42

Soggetti

Social service - Research

Research - Methodology

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Chapter 1 (First Floor): An Introduction to a "Mixed" Way of Thinking -- Chapter 2 (Second Floor): Designing Mixed Methods Studies in Social Work -- Step 1: Develop your purpose statement and research questions -- Step 2: Understand mixed methods language and notation -- Step 3: Choose a mixed methods design -- Chapter 3 (Third Floor): Mixed Methods Data Collection in Social Work -- Step 4: Decide on the data collection methods needed -- Step 5: Develop your sampling plan and recruitment strategies -- Step 6: Collect the data -- Chapter 4 (Fourth Floor): Mixed Methods Data Analysis in Social Work -- Step 7: Prepare the data for analysis -- Step 8: Analyze the data -- Step 9: Interpreting your integrated findings -- Chapter 5 (Fifth Floor): Perils, Pitfalls and Considerations -- Chapter 6 (Sixth Floor): Writing up, Presenting, and Teaching Mixed Methods -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

Daphne Watkins and Deborah Gioia review the fundamentals of mixed methods research designs and the general suppositions of mixed methods procedures. They also look critically at mixed method studies



and models that have already been employed in social work, and reflect on the contributions of and application of this work to the field.