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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Preface Purpose of This | |
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| Book Audience for the Book | |
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| Book Features | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Understanding Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Purpose and Organization Clarifying Terms | |
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| What Is Mixed Methods Research? | |
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| The Importance of Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Examining Preliminary Considerations Consider Worldview Stances | |
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| The Basics of Quantitative and Qualitative Research | |
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| Research Problems Addressed by Mixed Methods | |
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| Summary Activities Additional | |
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| Resources to Examine | |
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| Locating and Reviewing Mixed Methods Studies Searching for and Reviewing | |
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| Mixed Methods Studies | |
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| A Mixed Methods Notation System and Visual Diagrams | |
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| Four Examples of Mixed Methods Studies | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Choosing a Mixed Methods | |
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| Design Classifications of Mixed Methods Designs | |
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| The Four Major Types of Mixed Methods Designs | |
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| Selecting a Type of Mixed Methods Design | |
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| Implementing the Design | |
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| Decisions Writing a Paragraph to Identify a Study's Design | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Introducing a Mixed Methods Study Writing a Mixed Methods | |
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| Title Stating the Problem in the Introduction | |
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| The Purpose Statement Research Questions and Hypotheses | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Collecting Data in Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Procedures in Qualitative and Quantitative | |
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| Data Collection Data Collection in Mixed Methods Design | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Analyzing Data in Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Procedures in Quantitative and Qualitative | |
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| Data Analysis Data Analysis | |
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| With Mixed Methods Designs | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Writing and Evaluating Mixed Methods Research | |
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| General Guidelines for Writing Organize the Structure of the Writing | |
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| So That It Relates to the Designs Evaluating a Mixed Methods Study | |
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| Within Designs Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Questions Often Raised | |
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| About Mixed Methods Research Anticipate Mixed Methods Questions | |
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| What Is Mixed Methods Research? | |
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| Is Mixed Methods Research Accepted? | |
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| Is Mixed Methods Research Realistic? | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| Future Directions for Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Needed Developments in Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Summary Activities Additional Resources to Examine | |
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| A Triangulation Design | |
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| An Embedded Design | |
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| An Explanatory Design | |
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| Appendix D. An Exploratory Design | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |