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Creswell, John W

Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches / - Third Edition - Los Angeles : Sage Publications, ©2009 - xxix, 260 Pages. ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and indexes

Analytic contents of research techniques -- Preface -- Purpose -- Audience -- Format -- Outline of chapters -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Part 1: Preliminary Considerations -- 1: Selection of a research design -- Three types of designs -- Three components involved in a design -- Philosophical worldviews -- Postpositivist worldview -- Social constructivist worldview -- Advocacy and participatory worldview -- Pragmatic worldview -- Strategies of inquiry -- Quantitative strategies -- Qualitative strategies -- Mixed methods strategies -- Research methods -- Research designs as worldviews, strategies, and methods -- Criteria for selecting a research design -- Research problem -- Personal experiences -- Audience -- Summary -- Writing exercises --

ISBN: 9781412965569 (cloth) 141296556X (cloth) 9781412965576 (pbk.) 1412965578 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008006242

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA878429 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Statistical methods
Ciências sociais (métodos estatísticos)
Ciências sociais (pesquisa;metodologia)
Behavioral Sciences--methods
Research Design
Statistics as Topic

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Lehrbuch

LC Class. No.: H62 / .C6963 2009