Drawing from authors John Brewer and Albert Hunter's original work
published in 1989, when single method research was the standard,
this new text offers an explanation of how a planned synthesis of
various research techniques such as fieldwork, surveys,
experiments, and nonreactive studies can be purposely used to
improve social science knowledge. Foundations of Multimethod
Research: Synthesizing Styles explores the many aspects of the
multimethod research approach, including the formulation of
research problems, data collection, sampling and generalization,
measurement, reliability and validity, hyposthesis testing and
causal analysis, and writing and publicizing results. Key Features:
Provides a history of multimethod research as a post-positivist
approach to give an accurate understanding of the emergence of this
technique Compares and contrasts the major primary research methods
to help students determine which multiple methods are suitable for
their own research Addresses the post-modern critique of science
and reviews how it has been articulated recently to examine how it
is evaluated today Includes examples of research designs from
academic journals so that students can see how formal results are
written This book is designed for advanced undergraduate and
graduate research methods courses across the social and behavioral
sciences. It is a must-read for anyone looking to gain a better
conceptual understanding of how to do social and behavioral science
research more effectively. "This is a book I wish I had written.
Although nearly every page contains an interesting methodological
insight, it's the synthesizing nature of the multimethod
perspective that I find most satisfying. Instead of a patchwork of
precepts and procedures, Professors Brewer and Hunter present a
coherent synthesis of the principal quantitative and qualitative
research styles." -- Kenneth O. Doyle, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities "This is a superb resource for anyone undertaking
research in the social sciences. Going beyond simple descriptions
of how to use each of the individual methods, Brewer and Hunter
provide compelling arguments for systematically synthesizing
different research styles at each stage of the research process. In
doing so, they help us to see social science research as both an
art and a science. By focusing our attention on how a multimethod
approach can enhance each stage of the research, they avoid the
simplistic dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative research
and provide us with a much more sophisticated way of looking at the
multimethod approach." -- Sue R. Faerman, University at Albany-SUNY
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