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List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits | |
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Introduction | |
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The Author | |
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Mental Models and Mixed Methods Inquiry | |
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Group Discussion | |
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Making Sense of These Conversations: The Concept of Mental Models | |
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Mixed Methods Social Inquiry as Mixing Mental Models | |
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An Invitation to Read This Book | |
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Who Is Invited | |
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Adopting a Mixed Methods Way of Thinking | |
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A Mixed Methods Way of Thinking | |
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Looking Ahead | |
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The Historical Roots of the Contemporary Mixed Methods Conversation | |
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The Philosophical Seeds of Discontent | |
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The Seeds of Discontent in Practice | |
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The Great Qualitative-Quantitative Debate | |
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Rapprochement and the Emergence of the Idea of Mixing Methods | |
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But Troubled Waters Remained | |
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Contested Spaces: Paradigms and Practice in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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On the Nature of Philosophical Paradigms for Social Inquiry, and Mental Models, Too | |
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Interlude | |
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On the Relationships of Mental Models (and Paradigms) to Practice | |
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A Reflective Stance | |
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My Mixed Methods Story | |
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Stances on Mixing Paradigms and Mental Models While Mixing Methods | |
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Various Stances on Mixing Paradigms While Mixing Methods-An Overview | |
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Reprise | |
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An Illustration of a Mixed Methods Way of Thinking | |
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Study Purpose | |
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Mixed Methods Research Design | |
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Mixed Methods Analysis | |
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Sample Results | |
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Mixing Methods on Purpose | |
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Mixing Methods for Better Understanding | |
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Purposes for Mixing Methods | |
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An Illustration of Mixed Methods Purposes in Practice | |
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Practical Procedures for Thinking About and Identifying Mixed Methods Purposes | |
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Mixed Methods Purposes and Stances on Mixing Paradigms While Mixing Methods | |
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Designing Mixed Methods Studies | |
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Mixing Methods at Different Stages of Social Inquiry: Mixed Methods and Mixed Model Designs | |
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Mixing Methods Within a Single Study or Across Studies in a Program of Research | |
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Dimensions of Difference in Mixed Methods Design | |
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Component and Integrated Mixed Methods Designs | |
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Other Formulations of Mixed Methods Design | |
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Illustrations of Mixed Methods Designs in Practice | |
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Connecting Mixed Methods Designs to Mixed Methods Paradigm Stances and Mixed Methods Purposes | |
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Mixed Methods Purposes and Designs in Action | |
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Overall Mixed Methods Purposes and Design | |
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Mixed Methods Contributions to the MTO Study | |
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Mixed Methods Data Analysis | |
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Thinking About Mixed Methods Data Analysis | |
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Mixed Methods Data Analysis Strategies | |
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Mixed Methods Data Analysis Exemplars | |
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Reprise | |
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Judging the Quality of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Thinking About Inquiry Criteria in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Inference Quality in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Legitimation as Quality in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Warranting the Quality of Inferences in Mixed Methods Inquiry | |
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An Illustration | |
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Writing Up and Reporting Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Writing Up Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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Representation in Social Inquiry | |
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Writing Up Mixed Methods Social Inquiry: Two Preliminary Principles | |
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More Creativity in Mixed Methods Data Analysis and Display | |
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The Metaphor | |
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The Example | |
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An Application of the Archipelago Metaphor | |
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The Potential and Promise of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry | |
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References | |
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Index | |