Pragmatism and Methodology
Doing Research That Matters with Mixed Methods

A pragmatist approach on analyzing large qualitative datasets that integrates qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Alex Gillespie (Author), Vlad Glăveanu (Author), Constance de Saint Laurent (Author)

9781316516140, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 January 2024

252 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.504 kg

'Informative, insightful, and eminently practical. Gillespie, Glăveanu, and de Saint Laurent capture the spirit of pragmatist thinking, redevelop it in the context of contemporary problems, and present it to us in a way that is timely and reinvigorates social scientific inquiry.' Kieran O'Doherty, University of Guelph, Canada

Taking a pragmatist approach to methods and methodology that fosters meaningful, impactful, and ethical research, this book rises to the challenge of today's data revolution. It shows how pragmatism can turn challenges, such as the abundance and accumulation of big qualitative data, into opportunities. The authors summarize the pragmatist approach to different aspects of research, from epistemology, theory, and questions to ethics, as well as data collection and analysis. The chapters outline and document a new type of mixed methods design called 'multi-resolution research,” which serves to overcome old divides between quantitative and qualitative methods. It is the ideal resource for students and researchers within the social and behavioural sciences seeking new ways to analyze large sets of qualitative data. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Preface
1. Pragmatism
2. Epistemology: How We Know
3. Theory: What We Know
4. Creating Questions
5. Eliciting and Transforming Data
6. Mixing Qualitative And Quantitative Methods
7. Multi-Resolution Research
8. Ethics
9. Expanding Human Possibilities
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychological methodology [JMB]