Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits. Introduction. The Author. PART ONE. CHAPTER ONE: MENTAL MODELS AND MIXED METHODS INQUIRY. Group Discussion. Making Sense of These Conversations: The Concept of Mental Models. Mixed Methods Social Inquiry as Mixing Mental Models. An Invitation to Read This Book. Who Is Invited. CHAPTER TWO: ADOPTING A MIXED METHODS WAY OF THINKING. A Mixed Methods Way of Thinking. Looking Ahead. CHAPTER THREE: THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIXED METHODS CONVERSATION. The Philosophical Seeds of Discontent. The Seeds of Discontent in Practice. The Great Qualitative-Quantitative Debate. Rapprochement and the Emergence of the Idea of Mixing Methods. But Troubled Waters Remained.…