The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson

Oxford Library of Psychology

Reflects the most current thinking and emerging scholarship in multi- and mixed-methods research inquiry.
Includes state-of-the-art research examples that cross a range of disciplines as well as interdisciplinary research settings.
Features discussion questions, extensive bibliographies, and relevant websites for additional information.

The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson

Description

Offering a variety of innovative methods and tools, The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date presentation on multi- and mixed-methods research available. Written in clear and concise language by leading scholars in the field, it enhances and disrupts traditional ways of asking and addressing complex research questions. Topics include an overview of theory, paradigms, and scientific inquiry; a guide to conducting a multi- and mixed-methods research study from start to finish; current uses of multi- and mixed-methods research across academic disciplines and research fields; the latest technologies and how they can be incorporated into study design; and a presentation of multiple perspectives on the key remaining debates.

Each chapter in the volume is structured to include state-of-the-art research examples that cross a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary research settings. In addition, the Handbook offers multiple quantitative and qualitative theoretical and interdisciplinary visions and praxis. Researchers, faculty, graduate students, and policy makers will appreciate the exceptional, timely, and critical coverage in this Handbook, which deftly addresses the interdisciplinary and complex questions that a diverse set of research communities are facing today.

The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson

Oxford Library of Psychology

Preface

Introduction: Navigating a Turbulent Research Landscape: Working the Boundaries, Tensions, Diversity, and Contradictions of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Inquiry
Sharlene Hesse-Biber

Part One: Linking Theory and Method in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
1. A Qualitatively Driven Approach to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Deborah Rodriguez, and Nollaig A. Frost
2. Mixed and Multimethods in Predominantly Quantitative Studies, Especially Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
Melvin M. Mark
3. Thinking Outside the Q Boxes: Further Motivating a Mixed Research Perspective
Lisa D. Pearce
4. Revisiting Mixed Methods and Advancing Scientific Practices
John W. Creswell
5. Feminist Approaches to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research: Theory and Praxis
Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Amy J. Griffin
6. Transformative and Indigenous Frameworks for Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Fiona Cram and Donna M. Mertens
7. Understanding and Emphasizing Difference and Intersectionality in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Olena Hankivsky and Daniel Grace
8. Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Rick Szostak
9. Putting Ethics on the Mixed Methods Map
Judith Preissle, Rebecca M. Glover-Kudon, Elizabeth A. Rohan, Jennifer E. Boehm, and Amy DeGroff

Part Two: Conducting Exploratory, Confirmatory, and Interactive Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
10. Conducting Mixed Methods Literature Reviews: Synthesizing the Evidence Needed to Develop and Implement Complex Social and Health Interventions
Jennifer Leeman, Corrine I. Voils, and Margarete Sandelowski
11. Designing Multimethod Research
Albert Hunter and John Brewer
12. Issues in Qualitatively Driven Mixed Method Designs: Walking Through a Mixed Method Project
Janice M. Morse
13. Designing Integration in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Joseph Maxwell, Margaret Chmiel, and Sylvia E. Rogers
14. Validity in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Kathleen M. T. Collins
15. Data Analysis I: Overview of Data Analysis Strategies
Julia Brannen and Rebecca O'Connell
16. Advanced Mixed Analysis Approaches
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and John H. Hitchcock
17. Writing Up Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research for Diverse Audiences
Pat Bazeley
18. Funding for Mixed Methods Research: Sources and Strategies
Jennifer P. Wisdom and Michael D. Fetters
19. Mentoring the Next Generation in Mixed Research
Rebecca K. Frels, Isadore Newman, and Carole Newman

Part Three: Contextualizing Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Within and Across Disciplines and Applied Settings
20. Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research in the Fields of Education and Anthropology
Jori N. Hall and Judith Preissle
21. Evolving Mixed and Multimethod Approaches in Psychology
Nollaig A. Frost and Rachel L. Shaw
22. Participatory Mixed Methods Research
Bradley D. Olson and Leonard A. Jason
23. Moving From Randomized Controlled Trials to Mixed Methods Intervention Evaluations
Sarah J. Drabble and Alicia O'Cathain
24. Mixed Methods Evaluation
Donna M. Mertens and Michele Tarsilla
25. Applying Multimethod and Mixed Methods to Prevention Research in Global Health
Stevan Weine
26. History and Emergent Practices of Multimethod and Mixed Methods in Business Research
José F. Molina-Azorín and Roslyn A. Cameron
27. How Does Mixed Methods Research Add Value to Our Understanding of Development?
Nicola A. Jones, Paola Pereznieto, and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall

Part Four: Incorporating New Technologies into Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
28. Mixed Methods and Multimodal Research and Internet Technologies
Christine M. Hine
29. Conducting Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Online
Janet E. Salmons
30. Emergent Technologies in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research: Incorporating Mobile Technologies
Leo Remijn, Nathalie Stembert, Ingrid J. Mulder, and Sunil Choenni
31. Emergent Technologies in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research: Incorporating GIS and CAQDAS
Jane L. Fielding and Nigel G. Fielding

Part Five: Commentaries: Dialoguing About Future Directions of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
32. What Problem Are We Trying to Solve?: Practical and Innovative Uses of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Thomas A. Schwandt and Lauren Lichty
33. Mixed Methods and the Problems of Theory Building and Theory Testing in the Social Sciences
Udo Kelle
34. Preserving Distinctions Within the Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Merger
Jennifer C. Greene
35. Conundrums of Multimethod Research
Albert Hunter and John Brewer
36. It Depends: Possible Impacts of Moving the Field of Mixed Methods Research Toward Best Practice Guidelines
Julianne Cheek
37. Feminism, Causation, and Mixed Methods Research
Sharon Crasnow
38. Causality, Generalizability, and the Future of Mixed Methods Research
Robert K. Yin
39. Mixed Methods: Dissonance and Values in Research With Marginalized Groups
Dawn Freshwater and Pamela Fisher
40. Harnessing Global Social Justice and Social Change With Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Fiona Cram

Conclusions: Toward an Inclusive and Defensible Multimethod and Mixed Science
R. Burke Johnson

Index

The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Sharlene Janice Nagy Hesse-Biber is Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She has published widely in the field of mixed-methods research and on the impact of sociocultural factors on women's body image. Author of Mixed-Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice (Guilford Publications, 2010) and associate editor of the Journal of Mixed-Methods Research, she is also on the editorial boards of Qualitative Health Research and Sociological Methodology. She is a co-developer of the software program HyperRESEARCH, a computer-assisted program for analyzing qualitative and mixed-methods data, and the transcription tool HyperTRANSCRIBE (www.researchware.com).

R. Burke Johnson is Professor in the Department of Professional Studies at the University of South Alabama and is an interdisciplinarian with four graduate degrees, specializing in research methodology and philosophy of social science. He is coauthor or coeditor of six books, including two research methods textbooks: Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (with Larry Christensen, 2014) and Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (with Larry Christensen and Lisa Turner, 2014).

Contributors:

Pat Bazeley
Research Support P/L
Bowral NSW Australia
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity
University of New South Wales
Kensington, Australia

Jennifer E. Boehm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, USA

Julia Brannen
Thomas Coram Research Unit
University of London, Institute of Education
London, UK

John Brewer
Department of Sociology
Trinity College
Hartford, CT

Roslyn A. Cameron
Curtin Business School, School of Management
Curtin University, Bentley Campus
Perth, WA, Australia

Julianne Cheek
Department of Business, Languages and Social Sciences
Ostfold University College
Halden, Norway

Margaret Chmiel
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC, USA

Sunil Choenni
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Creating 010
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Kathleen M. T. Collins
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
University of Arkansas - College of Education and Health Professions
Fayetteville, AR, USA

Fiona Cram
Katoa Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand

Sharon Crasnow
Dept. Arts, Humanities, and World Languages
Norco College
Norco, CA, USA

John W. Creswell
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE, USA

Amy DeGroff
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, USA

Sarah J. Drabble
School of Health and Related Research
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Michael D. Fetters
Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Jane L. Fielding
Sociology Department
University of Surrey Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences
Guildford, Surrey, UK

Nigel G. Fielding
Sociology Department
University of Surrey Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences
Guildford, Surrey, UK

Pamela Fisher
Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Leeds School of Healthcare
Leeds, UK

Rebecca K. Frels
Education and Human Development
Department of Counseling and Special Populations
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX, USA

Dawn Freshwater
University of Leeds, UK
and
University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia

Nollaig A. Frost
School of Health and Education
Middlesex University
London, UK

Rebecca M. Glover-Kudon
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA USA

Daniel Grace
Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jennifer C. Greene
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Education
Champaign, IL, USA

Amy J. Griffin
Graduate School of Social Work
Boston College
Cambridge, MA, USA

Jori N. Hall
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
University of Georgia College of Education
Athens, GA, USA

Olena Hankivsky
School of Public Policy
Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Department of Sociology
Boston College
Chestnut HiIl, MA, USA

Christine M. Hine
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, UK

John H. Hitchcock
School of Education
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA

Albert Hunter
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA

Leonard A. Jason
Center for Community Research
DePaul University College of Science and Health
Chicago, IL, USA

R. Burke Johnson
College of Education, Department of Professional Studies
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL, USA

Nicola A. Jones
Social Development Programme
Overseas Development Institute
London, UK

Udo Kelle
Fakultaet fuer Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaften
Helmut Schmidt Universitaet
Bremen, Germany

Jennifer Leeman
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Lauren Lichty
Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, USA

Melvin M. Mark
Department of Psychology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, USA

Joseph Maxwell
College of Education and Human Development
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, USA

Donna M. Mertens
Gallaudet University (Retired)
Beltsville, MD, USA

José F. Molina-Azorín
Department of Management
University of Alicante Faculty of Economics and Business Management
Alicante, Spain

Janice M. Morse
College of Nursing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Ingrid J. Mulder
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Creating 010
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
and
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
Delft, The Netherlands

Carole Newman
Leadership and Professional Studies
Florida International University
Miami, FL USA

Isadore Newman
College of Education
Florida International University
Miami, FL, USA

Alicia O'Cathain
School of Health and Related Research
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Rebecca O'Connell
Thomas Coram Research Unit
University of London, Institute of Education
London, UK

Bradley D. Olson
Psychology Department
National Louis University
Chicago, IL, USA

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling
Sam Houston State University
Conroe, TX, USA

Lisa D. Pearce
Department of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Paola Pereznieto
Social Development Programme
Overseas Development Institute
London, UK

Judith Preissle
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
University of Georgia College of Education
Athens, GA, USA

Elizabeth Presler-Marshall
Independent Consultant
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Leo Remijn
Creating 010
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
and
School of Communication, Media, and Information Technology
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Deborah Rodriguez
School of Health and Education
Psychology Department
Middlesex University London
London, UK

Sylvia E. Rogers
College of Education
Department of Professional Studies
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL, USA

Elizabeth A. Rohan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Atlanta, GA, USA

Janet E. Salmons
School of Business and Technology
Capella University
Boulder, CO, USA

Margarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Thomas A. Schwandt
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, USA

Rachel L. Shaw
School of Live and Health Sciences
Leamington Spa
Aston University
Warwickshire, UK

Nathalie Stembert
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Creating 010
and
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, School of Communication, Media, and Information Technology
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rick Szostak
Department of Economics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michele Tarsilla
Evaluation Center
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Corrine I. Voils
Health Services Research & Development
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA

Stevan Weine
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA

Jennifer P. Wisdom
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Robert K. Yin
COSMOS Corporation
Bethesda, MD, USA