Mixing Methods in Social Research

Ralph Hall MA PhD AM is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia.  He has taught research methods to both undergraduate and graduate students in the social science and policy program in the School since 1990.  His research interests include the role of peer mentoring in facilitating incoming students adjustment to academic study, the work-study experience of students in addition to research designs in social research with particular reference to mixed-methods.  He has co-edited one book with Lynn Scott, namely Global Issues: Perspectives on General Studies (MacMillan, 1987) and authored two, namely Impacts: Contemporary Issues and Global Problems with Roger Bell(MacMillan, 1996) and Applied Social Research: Planning, Designing and Conducting Real World Research. (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008).  In 2019 he was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to education as an academic and to the community.

Part I: The Principles of Mixed Methods Research Chapter 1: The Nature of Social Research and the Emergence of Mixed Methods Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process Chapter 3: Defining Research Methodologies and Paradigms for Mixed Methods Part II: Planning Social Research Chapter 4: Defining the Research Problem Chapter 5: Understanding Research Methods Chapter 6: Combining Research Methods in Mixed Methods Designs Part III: Conducting Social Research Chapter 7: Sampling Methods - Choosing Research Participants Chapter 8: Collecting Data Using Self-Completion Questionnaires Chapter 9: Collecting Data Using Interviews Chapter 10: Collecting Data Using Observational Methods Chapter 11: Collecting Secondary Data Part IV: Organizing and Analyzing Research Data Chapter 12: Introducing Quantitative Data Analysis Chapter 13: Introducing Qualitative Data Analysis Chapter 14: Mixed Methods Data Analysis Part V: Reporting, Presenting and Implementing Research Findings Chapter 15: Interpreting Research Findings Chapter 16: Communicating Research Findings Chapter 17: Turning Research Results into Practice