Mixing methods in psychology the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in theory and practice

Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research?The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Todd, Zazie (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hove ; New York : Psychology Press 2004.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Theoretical and historiographical foundations; Introduction; Coming full (hermeneutic) circle: The controversy about psychological methods; Reinventing validity: Reflections on principles and practices from beyond the quality-quantity divide; Mixing it up; Discursive analysis and the interpretation of statistics; ""Structured judgement methods""--the best of both worlds?; Q methodology and qualiquantology: The example of discriminating between emotions; Examples of mixed method research
  • Valuing the ""value of life"": A case of constructed preferences?Method and methodology in interpretive studies of cognitive life; Integrating survey and focus group research: A case study of attitudes of English and German language learners; Mixed methods within the discipline; Educational psychology and difficult pupil behaviour: Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods?; Taking quality seriously: The case for qualitative feminist psychology in the context of quantitative clinical research on postnatal depression; Future directions; Further reading; Author index; Subject index