Thursday, January 05, 2006

Research Design: Mixed Methods

Mixed-Method Evaluations
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/START.HTM
A Handbook published by the National Science Foundation.

Bridges – A Mixed Methods Network by Professor Abbas Tashakkori
http://www.fiu.edu/~bridges/
An excellent guide to mixed methods concepts, writers, publications, and links and Web resources, developed by Dr. Abbas Tashakkor of Florida International University, co-editor of the Handbook on Mixed Methods Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Sage Publications, 2003).

National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Publications/Qualitative.PDF
Guidelines for combining quantitative and qualitative research as well as standards for qualitative research. Identifies models and issues in using the models in NIH-funded research projects.