Preface: Applying Methods That Matter Acknowledgments Part One Methods and Theory for More Holistic Human Sciences 1 Repairing the Fractured Social Sciences: An Introduction from a Historical Point of View Robert A. LeVine 2 Ecocultural Theory: Foundations and Applications Carol M. Worthman Part Two Discovering Mixed Methods 3 Ethnography in Need of Numbers: Mixing Methods to Build Partnerships and Understand Tigers M. Cameron Hay 4 Crunching Numbers, Listening to Voices, and Looking at the Brain to Understand Family Relationships among Immigrant Families Andrew J. Fuligni 5 “It Depends”: The First Law of Education Research and Development Ronald Gallimore Part Three Mixed Methods to Explore Cultural Variability 6 The Soft Side of Hard Data in the Study of Cultural Values Richard A. Shweder 7 Images of Infancy: The Interplay of Biological Predispositions and Cultural Philosophies as an Arena for Mixed Methods Research Heidi Keller 8 Beyond the Randomized Control Trial: Mixed Methods That Matter for Children’s Healthy Development in Cultural Context Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super 9 Methods to Inform Public Problems: Toward an Ecocultural Framing of Poverty by Edward D. Lowe Part Four Mixed Methods and Collaborative Research 10 Collaborative Research on Emergent Literacy: Capturing Complex Mixed Methods Data and Tools for Their Integration and Analysis Eli Lieber 11 Lessons Learned from Parents of Adults with Autism in India Tamara C. Daley 12 What Makes for the Best Clinical Care? Using Trigger Films to Explore Better Integration of Guidelines and Experience M. Cameron Hay, Thomas S. Weisner, and Saskia K. Subramanian Part Five Mixed Methods and the Insights of Longitudinal Research 13 How Siblings Matter in Zinacantec Maya Child Development Ashley E. Maynard 14 Why Mixed Methods Matter in Understanding Neighborhood Context and Child Maltreatment: Anthropological Approaches and Mixed Methods Jill E. Korbin 15 Multiple Marginality—A Comparative Framework for Understanding Gangs: Theory and Method James Diego Vigil 16 “I Thought Delay Meant She Would Catch Up”: Using Mixed Methods to Study Children with Early Developmental Delays and Their Families Lucinda P. Bernheimer, Ronald Gallimore, and Barbara K. Keogh Part Six Mixed Methods for Intervention and Policy-Driven Research 17 Mixed Methods in the Science of Understanding Antipoverty Policies for Families with Children: Four Case Studies Aletha C. Huston, Greg J. Duncan, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa 18 Styles of Mothering, Methods of Engagement: Bridging Anthropology, Psychology, and Education to Inform Policy Carolyn Pope Edwards 19 Intervention Research with Clients of Transgender Sex Workers: Finding Methods That Work with a Virtual Community Brian L. Wilcox Part Seven Why Mixed Methods? 20 Findings That Matter: A Commentary Thomas S. Weisner Contributors Index