Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research

1st Edition
0335213073 · 9780335213078
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List of contents

Preface

Chapter One - A third methodological movement: challenging the dominance of single methods

Chapter Two – Simple numeric and textual data: querying the divide

Chapter Three – Triangulation and combining methods across studies

Chapter Four - The 'new' political arithmetic: a policy case study

Chapter Five – Understanding life histories by varying the scale

Chapter Six - The interplay of scale and type: Complex interventions

Chapter Seven - The promise of design studies

Chapter Eight - What is the current prevalence of combined methods research?Chapter Nine – Theory as a barrier to the combination of research methods

Chapter Ten – Prospects for the 'new' education and social science researcher

References

Index