Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Research

Series Editors' Introduction Preface How This Book Came to Be Necessity Is the Mother of Invention What This Book Covers How Readers Can Use This Book Audiences for This Book Pedagogical Features Structure of the Book Acknowledgments List of Figures, Tables, and Case Studies About the Author PART I * AN INTRODUCTION TO SECONDARY DATA IN MIXED METHODS RESEARCH Chapter 1 * The Science of Secondary Data Imagine The Science of Secondary Data The Epistemology of Secondary Data Types of Secondary Data Scientific Developments With Secondary Data Chapter 2 * Using Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Imagine The Knowledge-Level Continuum as a Roadmap for Mixed Methods What Is Required to Do Mixed Methods With Secondary Data? Secondary Data in Mixed Methods: Three Reasons Why Examples for How Mixed Methods Could Benefit From Secondary Data Mixed Methods Solo, Semi-Solo, and With a Team Chapter 3 * Evaluating Secondary Data for Mixed Methods Imagine The Life Cycle of Research Data and a Place for Secondary Data Three Considerations When Selecting Secondary Qualitative and Quantitative Data Ten Questions When Evaluating a Secondary Qualitative or Quantitative Data Source Applying the Ten Questions to Secondary Data PART II * DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING MIXED METHODS WITH SECONDARY DATA Chapter 4 * Convergent Design With Secondary Data Imagine Features of the Convergent Design Bringing Secondary Data Into the Convergent Design Planning and Implementing a Convergent Design With Secondary Data Challenges (and Solutions) When Using Secondary Data in the Convergent Design Chapter 5 * Exploratory Sequential Design With Secondary Data Imagine Features of the Exploratory Sequential Design Bringing Secondary Data Into the Exploratory Sequential Design Planning and Implementing an Exploratory Sequential Design With Secondary Data Challenges (and Solutions) When Using Secondary Data in the Exploratory Sequential Design Chapter 6 * Explanatory Sequential Design With Secondary Data Imagine Features of an Explanatory Sequential Design Bringing Secondary Data Into the Explanatory Sequential Design Planning and Implementing an Explanatory Sequential Design With Secondary Data Challenges (and Solutions) When Using Secondary Data in the Explanatory Sequential Design Chapter 7 * Complex Applications of the Core Designs With Secondary Data Imagine Features of a Complex Design Bringing Secondary Data Into Complex Designs Case Studies of Complex Mixed Methods Designs With Secondary Data Challenge (and Solution) When Using Secondary Data in Complex Designs PART III * WRITING MIXED METHODS WITH SECONDARY DATA: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER Chapter 8 * Early-Stage and Active Project Writing for Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Imagine Early-Stage and Active Project Writing: Defined Examples of Early-Stage Writing Examples of Active Project Writing Tips to Maximize Early-Stage and Active Project Writing Chapter 9 * Reporting Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Imagine Reporting Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Project Deliverables for Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Challenges When Reporting Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Tips for Reporting Mixed Methods With Secondary Data Glossary References