overview of 4 mmr textbooks
Four student-friendly textbooks present an orientation to mixed methods that invites a strong qualitative component and mixing during analysis. The first from 2018 adopts a conventional design orientation, while the second book, Advancing Grounded Theory with Mixed Methods, prioritizes fidelity to core elements of each methodology. The third book on visual methods provides many creative examples of how how to mix qualitative and quantitative data in tables and figures with diverse formats. The fourth book is in-progress (anticipated 2028). It four different ways to build in a theoretical orientation in research that pairs mixed methods and grounded theory (MM-GT).
4 TEXTBOOKS
About ME
Dr. Elizabeth G. Creamer is Professor Emerita from the School of Education at Virgina Tech. She is the author of 4 textbooks about mixed methods research framed by a qualitative perspective, with one in press. From her over 150 publications, Creamer has published more than 30 methodological articles about mixed methods research. She has presented talks, papers and workshops on mixed methods research in the US and many global venues.
FEEDBACK ABOUT BOOKS
“I thank you because FIMMR became the overall design of my doctoral thesis at The University of Adelaide in Australia. I have read your entire book and did my best to apply the tips and lessons there. The FIMMR was a perfect fit for a doctoral project that developed a theory, tested it empirically, and being crazy to make sense of my research that covered two study sites.”
Jeremiah O, Phillipines
“Author Elizabeth G. Creamer provides an accessible, user-friendly text for graduate students and those new to the field of mixed methods. It aims to move the field to using fully integrated designs, and emphasizes the importance of the yield, particularly the meta-inferences, of mixed methods studies. Case examples from a variety of fields bring these concepts to life throughout the text.” — Leanne M. Kallemeyn
“”Finally―a text that explains mixed methods research in a thorough yet readable format, one that is full of excellent examples and helpful tables, and that presents a perspective that is simultaneously detailed and broad in scope.” — Laura J. Meyer
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