TY  - BOOK
AU  - Creswell,John W
TI  - Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches 
SN  - 9781412965569 (cloth)
AV  - H62 .C6963 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Ciências sociais (métodos estatísticos)
KW  - Ciências sociais (pesquisa;metodologia)
KW  - Behavioral Sciences
KW  - methods
KW  - Research Design
KW  - Statistics as Topic
KW  - Lehrbuch
N1  - 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 --
ER  -