Mixing Methods in Social Science Research

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1 PhD Course for social science candidates. University of Bergen, April Mixing Methods in Social Science Research Course description: The course focuses on several different aspects of mixed methods research in the social sciences. Topics that will be discussed include: considerations and rationales for making use of more than one data source or method of data collection; designing mixed methods studies; and ways of integrating data at the analysis stage. Epistemological and methodological issues in combining methods are approached from different viewpoints. In addition, new developments in mixed methods research and issues around quality criteria in assessing mixed methods studies are examined. Participants are invited to present and discuss papers about methodological issues related to their own studies. All the lecturers will take part during the whole course and will give feedback to candidates' papers in group sessions. Candidates who submit their papers for approval by June 15th will get 10 credits for full course participation and an approved paper. The reading list is approximately 800 pages. A compendium will be available at the Department of Sociology in March. Lunch and one dinner are included in the course. The deadline for registration for the course is March 1 th. Candidates enrolled in a PhD-Programme are given priority. Deadline for submission of abstract is April 2 nd. Registration Register by to [email protected]. Please include your full name, your institution affiliation and whether you are enrolled in a PhD-Programme. Please also indicate whether you will present a paper and if so, a preliminary title of your paper. We also need to know whether you will join us for dinner on Monday 27 th of April. Adm. Contactperson/Registration: Siv Midthassel ([email protected]) Academic Contactperson: Ann Nilsen ([email protected]) Lecturers at the course: Julia Brannen is Professor of Sociology of the Family in the Institute of Education, University of London and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway. She has written on methodological issues including: Mixing Methods: Qualitative and quantitative research (1992 Gower) and The Handbook of Social Research (Sage in press 2008) and is a contributor on this topic to Seale et al (Qualitative Research in Practice 2004 Sage). Her interests also extend to biographical research methods and comparative cross national methods. She is a co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and practice (Website: Her substantive research focuses on families, the relation between paid work and family life and intergenerational relations. Her most recent book is Lewis, S, Brannen, J and Nilsen, A (2009 in press) Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: European Perspectives Bristol: Policy Press Alan Bryman is Professor of Organisational and Social Research in and Head of the School of Management, University of Leicester, England. His main research interests lie in research methodology, leadership studies, organizational analysis, the process of Disneyization, and theme parks. He is author or co-author of many books, including Quantity and Quality in Social Research

2 (Routledge, 1988), Charisma and Leadership in Organizations (Sage, 1992), Disney and his Worlds (Routledge, 1995), Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS 14, 15 and 16: A Guide for Social Scientists (Routledge, 2008), Social Research Methods (Oxford University Press, 2001, 2004, 2008), Business Research Methods (Oxford University Press, 2003, 2007), and The Disneyization of Society (Sage, 2004). He is a co-editor of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research (Sage, 2003), the Handbook of Data Analysis (Sage, 2004), and the SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods (Sage, 2009). Jo Moran-Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of childhood studies, research methods, and research governance, with an especial interest in the use of mixed and multiple methods. Her recent projects include a reflexive methodological study looking at integrating methods, public attitudes towards research governance, and research into children and sleep. She is currently Head of the Department of Sociology. Ann Nilsen is Professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Bergen. She has published and researched on empirical, theoretical and methodological issues in life course and biographical research. Recent publications include: Individualisation, choice and structure: a discussion of current trends in sociological analysis in Sociological Review (3) (with J. Brannen); Lewis, S, Brannen, J. and Nilsen, A. (2009 in press) Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: European Perspectives Bristol: Policy Press PhD Course for social science candidates. University of Bergen, April Mixing Methods in Social Science Research Course Programme Monday April 27th Registration, coffee Considerations in choice of methods and typical examples of combining methods Prof. Julia Brannen Lunch Developments in mixed methods research Prof. Alan Bryman Group seminars and paper presentations Dinner Tuesday April 28th Triangulation and integration - thinking about the relationship between methods in multi-method research Prof. Jo Moran-Ellis

3 Lunch An iterative research strategy; a particular example of a mixed method study Prof. Julia Brannen Group seminars and paper presentations Wednesday April 29th Using more than one method - thinking practically Prof. Jo Moran-Ellis Lunch Combining questionnaires and biographical interviews: reflections on theoretical and practical implications Prof. Ann Nilsen Group seminars and paper presentations Thursday April 30th Quality Criteria and Mixed Methods Research. Prof. Alan Bryman Lunch Plenary discussion

4 Mixed Methods: readings 2009 Alexander, V.; Thomas, H.; Cronin, A.; Fielding, J.; Moran-Ellis, J (2008) 'Mixed methods' in N. Gilbert (ed) Researching Social Life 3rd edition. London: Sage 38 pp Bagnoli, A. (2004) Researching Identities with Multi-method Autobiographies Sociological Research Online, 9 (2): Bazeley, P. (2002). The Evolution of a Project Involving an Integrated Analysis of Structured Qualitative and Quantitative Data: From N3 to NVivo, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 5 (3): pp Bergman, Manfred Max (ed) Advances in mixed methods research : theories and applications. London Sage 192 pp Brannen, Julia 2005 Mixing Methods: The Entry of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches into the Research Process in International Journal of Social Research Methodology 8 (3) pp pp Brannen, Julia (ed) 1995 Mixing methods: qualitative and quantitative research. Aldershot: Avebury 175 pp Bryman, A. (2006). Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research: How is it Done?, Qualitative Research, 6 (1): pp Bryman, Alan 2006 Paradigm Peace and the Implications for Quality in International Journal of Social Research Methodology 9(2) pp pp Bryman, Alan 2008: The End of the Paradigm Wars? In Alasutaari, Pertti, Bickman, Leonard og Brannen, Julia The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: Sage 13 pp Bryman, Alan; Saul Becker; Joe Sempik 2008 Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research: A View from Social Policy in International Journal of Social Research Methodology 11(4) pp pp Burke R. Johnson and Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come in Educational Researcher, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp pp Coxon, T. (2005). 'Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data: What Does the User Need?' FQS (Forum: Qualitative Social Research). 6 (2): e-paper pp Cronin; A. Alexander, V.; Fielding, J.; Moran-Ellis, J. and Thomas, H. (2008) 'The Analytic

5 Integration of Qualitative Data Sources' in P. Alasuutari; L.Bickman; J.Brannen: The Sage Handbook of Social Research Methods. Page: London: Sage 13 pp Dicks, B., Soyinka, B., and Coffey, A. Multimodal ethnography Qualitative Research 6(1): pp Fey, Carl F. Daniel R. Denison Organizational Culture and Effectiveness: Can American Theory Be Applied in Russia? Organization Science Vol. 14, No. 6, November December 2003, pp pp Fielding, Jane and Fielding, Nigel Synergy and Synthesis: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data i Alasutaari, Pertti, Bickman, Leonard og Brannen, Julia The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: Sage 17 pp Foss, C. and Ellefsen, B. (2002). The Value of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Nursing Research by Means of Method Triangulation, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40 (2): pp Greene, J.; Benjamin, L. and Goodyear, L. (2001). The Merits of Mixing Methods in Evaluation, Evaluation, 7 (1): pp Greene, J.; Caracelli, V.J. and Graham, W.F. (1989). Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 11 (3): pp Greene, Jennifer C.; Valerie J. Caracelli; Wendy F. Graham Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 11, No. 3. (Autumn, 1989), pp pp Hammersley, Martin 2008 Assessing Validity in Social Research i Alasutaari, Pertti, Bickman, Leonard og Brannen, Julia The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: Sage 12 pp Kelle, U. (2001). 'Sociological Explanations Between Micro and Macro and the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods,' FQS (Forum: Qualitative Social Research), 2 (1): e-paper pp Laub, J.H., and Sampson, R.J. (2004), Strategies for Bridging the Quantitative and Qualitative Divide: Studying Crime Over the Life Course, Research in Human Development, 1: pp Moran-Ellis J.; Alexander, V.D.; Cronin, A.; Dickinson, M.; Fielding, J. and Thomas, H. et al (2006b) 'Analytic integration and multiple qualitative data sets' Qualitative Researcher Issue 2 Spring Cardiff. 4 pp Moran-Ellis, J.; Alexander, V.D.; Cronin, A.; Dickinson, M.; Fielding, J.; Sleney, J. and Thomas,

6 H. (2006) 'Triangulation and Integration: processes, claims and implications' Qualitative Research, vol. 6(1) 45-59, pp Morgan, D.L. (1998) Practical strategies for combining qualitative and quantitative methods: Applications for health research, Qualitative Health Research, 8 (3): pp Nash, R. (2002). Numbers and Narratives: Further Reflections in the Sociology of Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education. 23 (3): pp Nilsen, Ann From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues: The Case of Biographical Research i Alasutaari, Pertti, Bickman, Leonard og Brannen, Julia The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: Sage 14 pp O Cathain, Alicia, Elizabeth Murphy1, Jon Nicholl The quality of mixed methods studies in health services research 7 pp Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J; Nancy L. Leech On Becoming a Pragmatic Researcher: The Importance of Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodologies in International Journal of Social Research Methodology 8 (5) pp pp Parmar, Parminder,Giovanna Axia, Jesús Palacios and Charles M. Super Sara Harkness, Ughetta Moscardino, Moisés Ríos Bermúdez, Piotr Olaf Zylicz, Barbara Welles-Nyström, Marjolijn Blom, Parents, Children, and Schools: Mixed Mixed Methods in International Collaborative Research in Cross-Cultural Research 2006; 40; pp Pawson, R. (1995) Quality and quantity, agency and structure, mechanism and context, dons and cons, BMS, Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique, 47: pp Poortinga, Wouter*, Karen Bickerstaff, Ian Langford, Jörg Niewöhner and Nivk Pidgeon : The British 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis: a comparative study of public risk perceptions, trust and beliefs about government policy in two communities. Journal of Risk Research 18 pp Sale, J.E.M.; Lohfeld, L.H. and Brazil, K. (2002). Revisiting the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate: Implications for Mixed-Methods Research, Quality and Quantity, 36 (1): pp