Creswell, John W.

Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches / John W. Creswell. - 4th ed. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, c2014. - xxix, 273 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and indexes.

Analytic contents of research techniques -- Part I. Preliminary considerations. The selection of a research approach ; Review of the literature ; The use of theory ; Writing strategies and ethical considerations -- Part II. Designing research. The introduction ; The purpose statement ; Research questions and hypotheses ; Quantitative methods ; Qualitative methods ; Mixed methods procedures -- Glossary.

9781452226095 1452226091 (cloth) 9781452226101 (pbk.) 1452226105 (pbk.)

2012043521


Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Behavioral Sciences--methods.
Research--methods.
Statistics as Topic.

H62 / .C6963 2014

300.72/1

H 62 / C6963 2014