Handbook of Emergent Methods

Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. This is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. Providing scholars and students with a way to retool their research choices, the volume presents cutting-edge approaches to data collection, analysis, and representation. Leading researchers describe alternative uses of traditional quantitative and qualitative tools; innovative hybrid or mixed methods; and new techniques facilitated by technological advances. Consistently formatted chapters explore the strengths and limitations of each method for studying different types of research questions and offer practical, in-depth examples.

Introduction: Pushing on the Methodological BoundariesThe Growing Need for Emergent Methods within and across the Disciplines, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia LeavyI. Historical Context of Emergent Methods and Innovation in the Practice of Research MethodsIntroduction to Part I, Patricia Leavy and Sharlene Nagy Hesse-BiberHistory1. History of Methods in Social Science Research, Karen M. Staller, Ellen Block, and Pilar S. Horner2. Gender Inclusion, Contextual Values, and Strong Objectivity: Emergent Feminist Methods for Research in the Sciences, Sue V. Rosser 3. A Post-Newtonian, Postmodern Approach to Science: New Methods in Social Action Research, Lisa Cosgrove and Maureen McHugh 4. Emergence in and from Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis, Melvin M. Mark Document Research5. Researching Documents: Emergent Methods, Lindsay Prior 6. Emergent Qualitative Document Analysis, David Altheide, Michael Coyle, Katie DeVriese, and Christopher SchneiderGrounded Theory7. Grounded Theory as an Emergent Method, Kathy CharmazInterviewing8. New Frontiers in Standardized Survey Interviewing, Frederick G. Conrad and Michael F. Schober 9. Emergent Approaches to Focus Group Research, David Morgan, Collin Fellows, and Heather Guevara10. Emergent Issues in International Focus Group Discussions, Monique M. Hennink 11. Three Dimensions and More: Oral History Beyond the Paradoxes of Method, Michael FrischEthnography12. Narrative Ethnography, Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein 13. Public Ethnography, Carol A. Bailey 14. Emergent Methods in Autoethnographic Research: Autoethnographic Narrative and the Multiethnographic Turn, Christine S. Davis and Carolyn Ellis15. New Critical Collaborative Ethnography, Himika BhattacharyaArts-Based Practice16. Visual Research Methods: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?, Gunilla Holm17. Performance-Based Emergent Methods, Patricia LeavyII. Innovations in Research Methods Design and AnalysisIntroduction to Part II, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber18. Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches: An Introduction to Emergent Mixed Methods Research, Vicki L. Plano Clark, John W. Creswell, Denise O'Neil Green, and Ronald J. Shope19. Emergent Techniques in the Gathering and Analysis of Mixed Methods Data, Charles Teddlie, Abbas Tashakkori, and Burke Johnson20. Data Analysis and Interpretation: Emergent Issues in Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence, Sarah Irwin21. Longitudinal Research: An Emergent Method in the Social Sciences, Elisabetta Ruspini22. Categorizing and Connecting Strategies in Qualitative Data Analysis, Joseph A. Maxwell and Barbara A. Miller23. Metaphor Analysis, Zazie Todd and Simon J. Harrison24. Hearing Voices: Listening for Multiplicity and Movement in Interview Data, Lynn Sorsoli and Deborah L. TolmanIII. The Impact of Emergent Technologies on Research Methods Introduction to Part III, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber25. Internet Research as Emergent Practice, Christine Hine 26. Internet-Mediated Research as an Emergent Method and Its Potential Role in Facilitating Mixed Methods Research, Claire Hewson27. Hypermedia Methods for Qualitative Research, Bella Dicks & Bruce Mason 28. Mixed Emotions, Mixed Methods: The Role of Emergent Technologies in Studying User Experience in Context, Ingrid Mulder and Joke Kort 29. Emergent Methods in Feminist Geography, Mei-Po Kwan30. Neural Networks an Emergent Method in Quantitative Research: An Example of Self-Organizing Maps, Natalia Sarkisian31. User-Centered Perspectives on Qualitative Data Analysis Software: The Impact of Emergent Technologies and Future Trends, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Christine Crofts 32. The Role of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis: Impact on Emergent Methods in Qualitative Research, Nigel Fielding

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber is Professor of Sociology and Director of Womens Studies at Boston College. She is also the founder and former Executive Director of the National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education. She has published widely on the impact of sociocultural factors on womens body image, as well as on feminist and qualitative research methods. She is codeveloper of the software program HyperRESEARCH, a computer-assisted program for analyzing qualitative data, and of the new transcription tool HyperTRANSCRIBE. Her article "Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Practice" was the most downloaded article of 2010 in the journal Qualitative Inquiry. Patricia Leavy, PhD, is an independent sociologist and former Chair of Sociology and Criminology and Founding Director of Gender Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of over 30 books, and the creator and editor of 10 book series. Known for her commitment to public scholarship, she is frequently contacted by the U.S. national news media and has blogged for The Huffington Post, The Creativity Post, and We Are the Real Deal. She is also co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Art/Research International. Dr. Leavy has received numerous awards for her work in the field of research methods, including the Distinguished Service Outside the Profession Award from the National Art Education Association, the New England Sociologist of the Year Award from the New England Sociological Association, the Special Achievement Award from the American Creativity Association, the Egon Guba Memorial Keynote Lecture Award from the American Educational Research Association Qualitative Special Interest Group, and the Special Career Award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. In 2016, Mogul, a global womens empowerment platform, named her an Influencer. The School of Fine and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz has established the Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice in her honor. Dr. Leavy delivers invited lectures and keynote addresses at universities and conferences. Her website is www.patricialeavy.com.