Research Design: 2018 Edition (Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 32)

Research Design: 2018 Edition (Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 32)

A noted multi-method researcher and widely published quantitative researcher join forces to present a treatment of research design which balances qualitative and quantitative approaches. Covers experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs; mixed designs; cross-sectional between-subjects and longitudinal within-subjects designs; randomization versus random sampling; sample selection; randomized control trials; and more.<br />New in the 2018 Edition:<br />•New section on causality and five methods of analyzing it.<br />•Presents qualitative and quantitative approaches as co-equal tools for social scientists, outlining the differences between and methodological justifications of each.<br />•Examines implications of different research designs for matters as descriptive inferences, causal inferences, causal mechanisms, validity, bias, conceptualization, measurement, theory development, and theory testing. <br />•Presents over two dozen different research designs, including embedded and triangulation designs.<br />•New coverage of qualitative research designs based on case study, ethnographic approaches, narrative analysis, grounded theory, and phenomenology.<br />•New coverage of analytical qualitative approaches such as crisp and fuzzy-set configurational analysis (QCA) and narrative policy framework analysis.<br />•New section on ethical considerations in research design.<br />•Over twice the detail and length of the 2013 edition.<br />