PREFACEPURPOSE OF THE BOOKAUDIENCEFEATURES OF THIS CONCISE BOOKCHAPTERS IN THE BOOKNEW FEATURES IN THIS SECOND EDITIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORCHAPTER 1. Basic Characteristics of Mixed Methods ResearchQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERUNDERSTANDING MIXED METHODS RESEARCHA DEFINITION OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCHWHAT MIXED METHODS IS NOTESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCHRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 2. Skills, Experiences, and Attitudes to Conduct Mixed Methods ResearchQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERQUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SKILLSMIXED METHODS SKILLSMIXED METHODS TEAMSEXPERIENCES IN MIXED METHODS RESEARCHATTITUDES TOWARD RESEARCH METHODOLOGIESRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 3. Steps in Planning a Mixed Methods StudyQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERTHE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING A STUDYSTEPS IN THE PROCESS OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCHRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 4. Introducing a Mixed Methods StudyQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERCONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD INTRODUCTIONINCLUDING COMPONENTS OF A MIXED METHODS INTRODUCTIONWRITING MIXED METHODS STUDY AIMS OR A PURPOSE STATEMENTWRITING QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE, AND MIXED METHODS HYPOTHESES AND QUESTIONSRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 5. Using Core Mixed Methods DesignsQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTEREVOLVING MIXED METHODS DESIGNSUNDERSTANDING THREE CORE DESIGNSCHOOSING A MIXED METHODS CORE DESIGNRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 6. Using Complex Mixed Methods DesignsQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTEREMBEDDING CORE DESIGNS INTO COMPLEX FRAMEWORKS OR PROCESSESEMBEDDING CORE DESIGNS INTO EXPERIMENTSEMBEDDING CORE DESIGNS INTO PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH STUDIESEMBEDDING CORE DESIGNS INTO A MULTIPLE CASE STUDYEMBEDDING CORE DESIGNS INTO AN EVALUATION STUDYCHOOSING A COMPLEX DESIGNRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 7. Drawing Diagrams of DesignQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERUSING DIAGRAMSUSING TOOLS FOR DRAWING DIAGRAMSIDENTIFYING ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO PLACE IN DIAGRAMSDRAWING DIAGRAMS IN STEPSDETAILING THE DIAGRAMSRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 8.

Sampling, Integration, and MetainferencesQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTEREXPLORING SAMPLING, INTEGRATION, AND METAINFERENCESCONDUCTING SAMPLING IN MIXED METHODS STUDIESCONDUCTING MIXED METHODS INTEGRATION DATA ANALYSISDRAWING METAINFERENCES FROM THE INTEGRATIONRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 9. Writing a Mixed Methods Article for PublicationQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERADDING MIXED METHODS COMPONENTS TO A PUBLICATIONSTRUCTURING A MIXED METHODS ARTICLEDECIDING ON THE TYPE OF MIXED METHODS ARTICLE TO WRITELOCATING A SUITABLE JOURNALRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSCHAPTER 10. Evaluating the Quality of a Mixed Methods StudyQUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTERLOCATING STANDARDS OF QUALITY FOR MIXED METHODS RESEARCHDETERMINING IF STANDARDS ARE APPROPRIATEASSESSING STANDARDS OF QUALITY IN THE LITERATUREADVANCING MY QUALITY STANDARDSRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTERADDITIONAL READINGSGLOSSARYREFERENCESINDEX.