| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 440 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface: applying methods that matter -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1: Methods and theory for more holistic human sciences -- Repairing the fractured social sciences: an introduction from a historical point of view / Robert A. Levine -- Ecocultural theory: foundations and applications / Carol M. Worthman -- pt. 2: Discovering mixed methods -- Ethnography in need of numbers: mixing methods to build partnerships and understand tigers / M. Cameron Hay -- Crunching numbers, listening to voices, and looking at the brain to understand family relationships among immigrant families / Andrew J. Fuligni -- "It depends": the first law of education research and development / Ronald Gallimore -- pt. 3. Mixed methods to explore cultural variability -- The soft side of hard data in the study of cultural values / Richard A. Shweder -- Images of infancy: the interplay of biological predispositions and cultural philosophies as an arena for mixed methods research / Heidi Keller -- Beyond the randomized control trial: mixed methods that matter for children's healthy development in cultural context / Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super -- Methods to inform public problems: toward an ecocultural framing of poverty / Edward D. Lowe -- pt. 4. Mixed methods and collaborative research -- Collaborative research and emergent literacy: capturing complex mixed methods data and tools for their integration and analysis / Eli Lieber -- Lessons learned from parents of adults with autism in India / Tamara C. Daley -- What makes for the best clinical care? Using trigger films to explore better integration of guidelines and experience / M. Cameron Hay, Thomas S. Weisner, and Saskia K. Subramanian -- pt. 5. Mixed methods and the insights of longitudinal research -- How siblings matter in Zinacantec Maya child development / Ashley E. Maynard -- Why mixed media methods in understanding neighborhood context and child maltreatment / Jill E. Korbin -- Multiple marginality: a comparative framework for understanding gangs / James Diego Vigil -- "I thought delay meant she would catch up": using mixed methods to study children with early developmental delays and their families / Lucinda P. Bernheimer, Ronald Gallimore, and Barbara K. Keogh -- pt. 6. Mixed methods for intervention and policy-driven research -- Mixed methods in the science of understanding antipoverty policies for families with children: four case studies / Aletha C. Huston, Greg J. Duncan, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa -- Styles of mothering, methods of engagement: bridging anthropology, psychology, and education to inform policy / Carolyn Pope Edwards -- Intervention research with clients of transgender sex workers: finding methods that work with a virtual community / Brian L. Wilcox -- pt. 7. Why mixed methods? -- Findings that matter: a commentary / Thomas S. Weisner |
| Summary |
To do research that really makes a difference - the authors of this book argue - social scientists need questions and methods that reflect the complexity of the world. Bringing together a consortium of voices across a variety of fields, this title provides successful examples of mixed methods research that do just that |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2016) |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Social sciences -- Methodology
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Methodologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hay, M. Cameron, 1965- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780226328836 |
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022632883X |
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