Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies

By: William G. Axinn, Lisa D. Pearce, Axinn William G.

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Hardcover | 2 October 2006

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Social scientists have long relied on a wide range of tools to collect information about the social world, but as individual fields have become more specialised, researchers are trained to use a narrow range of the possible data collection methods. This book, first published in 2006, draws on a broad range of available social data collection methods to formulate a set of data collection approaches. The approaches described here are ideal for social science researchers who plan to collect new data about people, organisations, or social processes. Axinn and Pearce present methods designed to create a comprehensive empirical description of the subject being studied, with an emphasis on accumulating the information needed to understand what causes what with a minimum of error. In addition to providing methodological motivation and underlying principles, the book is filled with detailed instructions and concrete examples for those who wish to apply the methods to their research.

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'This book makes a powerful case for the use of mixed methods, a case that focuses on their advantages for, among other things, research design, data quality, and casual modelling. I particularly recommend the book to new investigators and those still at an early stage of their career. ... if new investigators follow Axinn and Pearce's example, demography (and other social sciences) will probably discover more about social processes than they otherwise would. ... I was particularly impressed that the likelihood of surprises was taken into designing the questionnaires for the neighbourhood histories, data for which were collected in three rounds.' Population Studies

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Motivations for Mixed Method Social Research	p. 1
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Approaches: Is This Distinction Useful?
The Study of Cause and Consequence in the Social Sciences
Introspection and Involvement
Central Principles in the Creation of Mixed Method Approaches
Fitting Data Collection Methods to Research Aims	p. 28
Choices Among Research Designs
Matching Measurement Strategy to Aims
Special Measurement Problems
Conclusion
The Micro-Demographic Community Study Approach	p. 54
Tamang Family Research Project
Benefits from Researchers' Involvement in the Field
Benefits from Obtaining Multiple Types of Evidence
Benefits from Incorporating Flexibility in the Process
Conclusion
Systematic Anomalous Case Analysis	p. 79
A Study of Religion and Family Size Preferences in Nepal
Systematic Sampling of Anomalous Cases
Implementing Less Structured Methods
Using Ethnographic Insights to Revise Theories, Measures, and Methods
Conclusion
Neighborhood History Calendars	p. 103
Contextual Event History Data
Neighborhood History Calendar Design and Implementation
Key Advantages of the Neighborhood History Calendar Design
Other Contextual History Calendars
Using Geographic Information System Technology to Enhance Contextual Data
Conclusion
Life History Calendars	p. 138
Function and Design of Life History Calendars
Expanding the Age Range
Using Calendars Among Populations Who Don't Employ Time Records
New Life History Calendar Recording Strategies
Conclusion
Longitudinal Data Collection	p. 161
Longitudinal Studies of Individuals
Longitudinal Studies of Other Units of Observation
Tools for Continuous Measurement
Mixing Methods in Longitudinal Designs
Conclusion
Conclusion	p. 183
Principles of Mixed Method Data Collection
Role of Introspection
The Application of New Mixed Method Research
New Frontiers in Mixed Method Approaches
Notes	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 203
Index	p. 223
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