In a mixed-method tradition that privileges the quantitative, leading qualitative researcher Janice Morse breaks new ground by arguing the importance of research designs for which the primary component is qualitative, and contains either a quantitative or a qualitative supplemental strategy. Using a variety of examples and visual prompts, Morse convincingly demonstrates that such designs allow novice researchers to obtain answers more quickly and with more certainty. Her book provides clear and concise explanations making even complex research designs understandable to the beginning researcher; argues for the importance of primary qualitative designs due to their theoretical strength; stresses the importance of using goal-directed actions and analyses that do not violate the assumptions of either qualitative or quantitative inquiry.

Author Biography

Janice M. Morse holds the Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair in the College of Nursing at University of Utah. Trained as an anthropologist, she founded and is former director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology at University of Alberta. As a pioneer of mixed-methods and author of the book Mixed Method Design, she is credited with developing the mixed-methods nomenclature and developing many standard features of mixed methods designs. She is also author or editor of numerous volumes on qualitative research in health care and nursing. Morse founded and edits the journals Qualitative Health Research and Global Qualitative Nursing Research, and edits two book series for Left Coast, Developing Qualitative Inquiry and Qualitative Essentials.