Mixed Methods Research ─ A Guide to the Field

Mixed Methods Research: A Guide to the Field, Volume 3 in the SAGE Mixed Methods Research Series, is an accessible, practical book on mixed methods research. It is unique among publications in the area of mixed methods as experienced authors Vicki L. Plano Clark and Nataliya V. Ivankova, focus more on designing and conducting a mixed methods study and all of the details involved in that process. Highlighted are the major topics, . perspectives and on-going debates in the field, while also addressing how these topics relate to and shape the practice of mixed methods research. The book is divided into four parts that utilizes the authors' socio-ecological conceptual framework for the field of mixed methods research. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and key concepts and then comes full circle at the end of each chapter in revisiting these objectives and concepts.