The Practice of Multi-Method Research (Paperback)

Paperback. Can interviews or a focus group improve the causal inferences drawn from experiments? Can quantitative text analysis help develop workflows as a qualitative scholar? Can we learn from a single case in a way that helps us with a statistical model? There is much to learn from the careful use of all these methodological combinations. The Practice of Multi-Method Research is aimed at practical researchers: from undergraduates preparing for an honors thesis, to graduate students designing a dissertation, through to seasoned scholars considering a new approach for their next set of studies. It offers a hands-on, practical guide to combining research across various methodological traditions: qualitative, machine learning, and quantitative approaches to concepts and measurement, adding quantitative and data-science components to process-tracing designs and to qualitative case studies in general, how qualitative research can strengthen regression-type designs, and how to mix qualitative elements with experiments. . A valuable guide for researchers seeking practical, hands-on suggestions on how to combine contemporary understandings of qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and data-science approaches within their research projects. It offers numerous ideas, a website with examples and problems, and pathways into further reading for additional development. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.