Mixed Methods Applications in Action Research: From Methods to Community Action

This first-of-its-kind book provides readers with the information they need to design and conduct a mixed methods action research (MMAR) study in a practical and pragmatic manner. Using a multidisciplinary focus, the author provides a scholarly and applied orientation to meet the varied epistemological and professional needs of scholar practitioners. The book is applicable to broad audiences with different levels of research skills, including students learning how to conduct research in practical settings, practitioners faced with the need to address pertinent issues in their professional practices, community leaders seeking to inform policy changes, and college faculty who teach research methods and conduct funded research in collaboration with practitioner-researchers and community stakeholders. A wide variety of pedagogical features make it appropriate for use as an instructional text aimed at developing skills in designing, conducting, implementing, and reporting an action research study that integrates mixed methods.

Author: Nataliya Ivankova
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 472
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.13h x 7.40w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781452220031

About the Author
Nataliya V. Ivankova (PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) is associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration (School of Health Professions) and the Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care (School of Nursing) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She teaches graduate-level research methods courses in research design, survey, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Dr. Ivankova also holds a PhD in linguistics from Odessa State University and a specialist degree in teaching English as a second language from Izmail State University in Ukraine. She has published widely in journals and is an active researcher working across disciplines. Her primary research focus is on the applications of mixed methods research in social and behavioral sciences. Professionally, she serves as a member of several editorial boards, including the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and is a founding co-editor (with Vicki Plano Clark) of SAGE's Mixed Methods Research Series.

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