Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition)

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"Creswell's Research Design is an accessible and useful book that stimulates students through walk through experiences, use of exercises, and production of actual writing samples. It is a book that models the types of issues that best suit different approaches and allows students to understand when to use mixed methods. Furthermore, its focus on theory and paradigms is done in a way that helps students decode their meaning."

--MARTHA MONTERO-SIEBURTH, University of Massachusetts, Boston

"One of the most formidable challenges of research design is stating your purpose. Creswell's approach takes the guesswork out of the process."

--STEVE GUERRIERO, Organization & Management, Antioch New England Graduate School

The Second Edition of the bestselling Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches offers a unique comparison of three key approaches to inquiry. This comparison begins with preliminary consideration of knowledge claims for all three approaches, a review of the literature, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry. The book also addresses the key elements of the process of research: writing an introduction; stating a purpose for the study; identifying research questions and hypotheses; using theory; defining, delimiting and stating the significance of the study; and advancing methods and procedures for data collection and analysis.

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This book is ideal for readers who seek assistance in designing a full research study or planning a proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis. The book is an invaluable reference on the basics of research design as well as an effective text for graduate courses in Research Methods, Research Design, and related topics. The book serves a broad audience of social and human scientists in fields of marketing, management, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, K-12 education, higher and post-secondary education, nursing, health sciences, urban studies, and family research.

 

What Customers Say About Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition):

The examples were straightforward and additive. I recently bought and read several books covering different aspects of research study design and methods for a grad-level scholarly writing course. It's that good. I'll be selling the other books back to the bookstore, but keeping Creswell's "Research Design" for reference. Creswell's "Research Design" was the best of the bunch by far. It was pragmatic and clear.

l love this book, its excellent, l worked on my PhD Thesis without any problems through this book

Very straight forward content, but requires a balance with the 2nd edition. This is a handbook when intending to conduct a research.

I studied this book independently, and while I feel a second read through might be in order, it was absolutely easy to understand and useful in my independent study. For each section of the book, Creswell supplies easy to follow steps and checklists for students and researchers to cover most angles of research. At the completion of each chapter (all of which are short and easy to digest), there is a small section on writing practice to provide practical application for the reader who might not have a professor to rely on for further instruction, or for the professor who wants an easy, practical assignment right from the text. My impression of "Research Design" is that Creswell sincerely wanted readers to understand how to conduct thorough research with confidence. I recommend this book for its straightforward style and practical approach to conducting basic research. As an education student, I've always feared doing quantitative research, however this book makes it as available and comprehensible as either of the other two methods discussed. While I focused more on the chapters on qualitative and mixed-methods research, the quantitative chapter was equally easy to understand as the more inquiry-based methods. However, I would venture to guess that if you were in a highly technical field, this book would not suffice to supply you with the complete methodologies to conduct quantitative research.The author conveniently structures each chapter with the learner in mind.

Easy to understand, but you need other books to support if you need more details in research methodology and will be conducting a research project. A general descriptions of the three research methods.