Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-240) and indexes.

Theoretical and historiographical foundations -- Introduction / Zazie Todd, Brigitte Nerlich and Suzanne McKeown -- Coming full (hermeneutic) circle : the controversy about psychological methods / Brigitte Nerlich -- Reinventing validity : reflections on principles and practices from beyond the quality-quantity debate / Karen Henwood -- Mixing it up. Discursive analysis and the interpretation of statistics / Rom Harré and David Crystal -- 'Structured judgement methods' -- the best of both worlds? / David D. Clarke -- Q methodology and qualiquantology : the example of discriminating between emotions / Paul Stenner and Rex Stainton Rogers -- Examples of mixed method research -- Valuing the 'value' of life : a case of constructed preference? / Susan Chilton, Judith Covey, Lorraine Hopkins, Michael Jones-Lee, Graham Loomes, Nick Pidgeon, Angela Robinson and Anne Spencer -- Method and methodology in interpretive studies of cognitive life / Katie Vann and Michael Cole -- Integrating survey and focus group research : a case study of attitudes of English and German language learners / Zazie Todd and Margarita Lobeck -- Mixed methods within the discipline -- Educational psychology or difficult pupil behaviour : qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods? / Andy Miller -- Taking quality seriously : the case for qualitative feminist psychology in the context of quantitative clinical research on postnatal depression / Paula Nicolson -- Future Directions / Zazie Todd and Brigitte Nerlich.

"Mixing Methods in Psychology looks in detail at the problems involved in attempting to reconcile qualitative and quantitative methods both within and across subjects. All angles of the debate are discussed, covering areas as diverse as health, education, social, clinical and economic psychology. The contributors, who are some of the leading figures in the field, present theoretical and methodological guidance as well as practical examples of how quantitative and qualitative methods can be fruitfully combined. By aiming to bridge the gap between the two methods, this book reveals how each can inform the other to produce more accurate theories and models of human behaviour.".

"This text will be essential reading for students and researchers wishing to combine methods, or for anyone who simply wants to gain a more thorough understanding of the debate."--BOOK JACKET.

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