Creswell_Research_Design_ Qualitative Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 2018 5th Ed

Proposals, 75–80, 98
ProQuest, 31, 32
PSS (Perceived Stress Scale), 153, 159
Psychological Abstracts, 32, 53
Psychology literature, 59
Psychometric instruments, 224–226
PsycINFO, 32
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 30, 38, 39–40, 47, 83, 86–87, 96, 98, 102,
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PubMed, 31
Purpose statements
about, 131
additional readings, 132
introductions containing, 114
mixed methods approach, 126–131
qualitative approach, 118–122
quantitative approach, 122–126
significance of, 117–118
survey design and, 149
See also Research problems
Qualitative approach
about, 3–4, 12 (table), 13–14
abstracts, 103
data sources, 188–189 (table)
definitions of terms, 41
introduction section, 104
literature reviews, 26–29, 27 (table), 44
mixed methods design and, 14
personal experiences in, 20
perspective in, 62–63
proposal formats, 76–77
purpose statements, 118–122
research problems, 19
research questions, 133–136
typical scenarios, 17, 18 (table)
writing strategies, 88
See also Case studies; Critical ethnography; Critical theory; Ethnography; Grounded theory;
Narrative research; Phenomenology; Qualitative methods; Qualitative theory use; Transformative
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