| Title : | Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | John W. Creswell, Author |
| Publisher: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Pagination: | xxix, 260 p. |
| Size: | 26 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-412-96557-6 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and indexes |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Social sciences - Research - Methodology
Social sciences - Statistical methods
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| Class number: | 300.72 |
| Abstract: | "Research Design"- enables readers to compare three approaches to research - qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods - in a single research methods text. The book presents these three approaches side by side within the context of the process of research from the beginning steps of philosophical assumptions to the writing and presenting of research.
The Third Edition:
- presents the preliminary steps of using philosophical assumptions in the beginning of the book
- provides an expanded discussion on ethical issues
- emphasizes new Web-based technologies for literature searches
- offers updated information about mixed-methods research procedures
- contains a glossary of terms. |
| Contents note: | The selection of a research design; Review of the literature; The use of theory; Writing strategies and ethical considerations; The introduction; The purpose statement; Research questions and hypotheses; Quantitative methods; Qualitative procedures; Mixed methods procedures. |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13464 |
Research design / John W. Creswell
