Dear Colleagues,
If you had to recommend a good book about ‘quantitative and qualitative research methods’ for PhD students in industrial or management engineering at the beginning of their research, what would you recommend?
For PhD students in industrial or management engineering, I recommend the following books on quantitative and qualitative research methods:
1. Mixed Methods Research
Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2017). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (3rd ed.).
A great introduction to combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, which is useful for interdisciplinary engineering research.
2. Quantitative Research Methods
Montgomery, D. C., & Runger, G. C. (2020). Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers (7th ed.).
A solid foundation in statistical methods, particularly useful for process optimization, operations research, and reliability studies.
Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2018). Multivariate Data Analysis (8th ed.).
Essential for learning factor analysis, regression, and SEM, commonly used in management and industrial engineering.
3. Qualitative Research Methods
Yin, R. K. (2017). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.).
Valuable for case study-based research, a common approach in technology management and innovation studies.
Eisenhardt, K. M., & Graebner, M. E. (2007). Theory building from cases: Opportunities and challenges.
A useful paper on building theories from case studies.
If you are in the early stages of entering a PhD program, the book Research Methodology by Ranjit Kumar is highly recommended.
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