Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Developmental Science: Uses and Methodological Choices

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-354

  Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^a   Weisner, Thomas S ^b   Kalil, Ariel ^c   Way, Niobe ^d  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mixed methods; qualitative; quantitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GOALS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 42049116715     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.344     Document Type: Article

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