"This is the notion of using multiple methods to generate and analyze different kinds of data in the same study—for example, combining a narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with a content analysis of questionnaire responses, or conducting an ethnographic study alongside a quasi-experimental study of the same social phenomenon. The notion has received considerable attention in the field of social and educational program evaluation, in which discussions unfold about mixing methods at both ‘technical’ levels (i.e., generating different kinds of data via different procedures) and ‘philosophical’ and ‘paradigmatic’ levels. Underlying the notion appears to be the pragmatic assumption that to judge the value of an educational or social program or policy, an evaluator ought to employ whatever methods will best generate evidence of the warranted assertability of the value of that program or policy."
Mixed methods. (2007). In T. A. Schwandt (Ed.), The SAGE dictionary of qualitative Inquiry, (3rd ed., pp. 198-199). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/97814129862681.n217
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have a "Mixed Methods Research" resource available for free. This source provides guidance to NIH investigators on how to "rigorously develop and evaluate mixed methods research applications" and reports on best practices. https://obssr.od.nih.gov/training/online-training-resources/mixed-methods-research/
Plano Clark, V. L., & Ivankova, N. V. (2016). Mixed methods research: A guide to the field. doi:10.4135/9781483398341
Tashakkori, A., & Charles Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2010). SAGE handbook of mixed methods in social & behavioral research (2nd ed.). doi:10.4135/9781506335193
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