Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come

@article{citeulike:1927824, abstract = {The purposes of this article are to position mixed methods research (mixed research is a synonym) as the natural complement to traditional qualitative and quantitative research, to present pragmatism as offering an attractive philosophical partner for mixed methods research, and to provide a framework for designing and conducting mixed methods research. In doing this, we briefly review the paradigm "wars" and incompatibility thesis, we show some commonalities between quantitative and qualitative research, we explain the tenets of pragmatism, we explain the fundamental principle of mixed research and how to apply it, we provide specific sets of designs for the two major types of mixed methods research (mixed-model designs and mixed-method designs), and, finally, we explain mixed methods research as following (recursively) an eight-step process. A key feature of mixed methods research is its methodological pluralism or eclecticism, which frequently results in superior research (compared to monomethod research). Mixed methods research will be successful as more investigators study and help advance its concepts and as they regularly practice it. 10.3102/0013189X033007014}, author = {Johnson, Burke R. and Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1927824}, doi = {10.3102/0013189X033007014}, journal = {EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER}, keywords = {mixed-methods}, month = {October}, number = {7}, pages = {14--26}, posted-at = {2008-04-23 18:50:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0013189X033007014}, volume = {33}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1927824 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1927824 TI - Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come JF - EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER VL - 33 IS - 7 SP - 14 EP - 26 N2 - The purposes of this article are to position mixed methods research (mixed research is a synonym) as the natural complement to traditional qualitative and quantitative research, to present pragmatism as offering an attractive philosophical partner for mixed methods research, and to provide a framework for designing and conducting mixed methods research. In doing this, we briefly review the paradigm "wars" and incompatibility thesis, we show some commonalities between quantitative and qualitative research, we explain the tenets of pragmatism, we explain the fundamental principle of mixed research and how to apply it, we provide specific sets of designs for the two major types of mixed methods research (mixed-model designs and mixed-method designs), and, finally, we explain mixed methods research as following (recursively) an eight-step process. A key feature of mixed methods research is its methodological pluralism or eclecticism, which frequently results in superior research (compared to monomethod research). Mixed methods research will be successful as more investigators study and help advance its concepts and as they regularly practice it. 10.3102/0013189X033007014 KW - mixed-methods AU - Johnson, Burke AU - Onwuegbuzie, Anthony PY - 2004/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0013189X033007014 ER -