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RESEARCH DESIGN: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES by John W. Creswell.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1994. 228pp. $48.00; $19.95 (paper).
As a doctoral student in the midst of writing a dissertation proposal and interested in combining both quantitative and qualitative research methods in my study, I was naturally drawn to this book by its title, Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. I was somewhat disappointed to find, however, that the title refers to the two distinct research methods, rather than to a combination. Nevertheless, while Research Design devotes only one of its eleven chapters to a combined approach, it is a book worth reading.
In this "how to" research methods book, Creswell takes the researcher-to-be through the various stages of the research process: choosing a research paradigm,...