There is a sense that the text written by Miksza and Elpus is a model of research thinking ... unique in its thoroughness ... Miksza and Elpus have been successful in publishing a document that can be a continuing resource and reference throughout a student's education and career. * Richard Colwell, British Journal of Music Education *<br />The authors' obvious attention to careful explanation and rationale which precedes each analysis technique was time extremely well spent. This ensures that the flow of mathematics which follows these discussions is subsequently more easily grasped. The entire book, although especially Part 2, provides dozens of graphs, formulas and tables, showing the concepts in a visual form. ... This book is highly recommended for mixed methods research and quantitative
methodology approaches in the field of music or music education. * Fiona King, International Society for Music Education *<br />In summary, this book is unique in the field of music education and explains, in clear language, many groupings of research designs along with the appropriate analyses that music education researchers use. * Kelly A. Parkes, Music and Music Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, Music Education Research *