Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

Key differences between 4th and 3rd editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 5 years (2013 vs 2008).
• The First Ed. of Creswell's Research Design was published appeared in 1994.
• The Fourth Ed. of Research Design incorporates 2010 APA update to ensure that it reflects current citation standards.
• Expanded coverage of ethical issues including a new table (4.1) addressing ethical issues throughout the entire research design process, from prior to the study to reporting and sharing findings
• Chapter 3 includes new topics on social science and transformative paradigm theory use.
• Chapter 5 has new topic An Abstract for a Study.
• Chapter 8 has been expanded with additional coverage of:
• Statistical significance of results
• Effects sizes
• Confidence intervals
• Chapter 9 "Qualitative Methods" (former chapter "Qualifative Procedures") has been expanded to cover:
• Components of qualitative methods
• Type of designs
• Reflexivity
• Steps in qualitative analysis/interpretation
• Chapter 10 has been completely rewritten and streamlined to reflect more recent thinking in the field and include new material on:
• Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Design
• Advanced Mixed Methods Designs
• Mixed Methods Notation in the Figures
• Important Factors in Choosing a Mixed Methods
• For more details see comparison of 4th ed. vs 3rd ed. above.