Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry

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.

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).