CONTROVERSIES IN MIXED METHODS RESEARCH

15. CONTROVERSIES IN. MIXED METHODS RESEARCH . John W. Creswell M. ixed METHODS has emerged in the last few years as a papers presented at conferences, articles published in the Jour- RESEARCH approach popular in many disciplines and nal of MIXED METHODS RESEARCH (JMMR) while I served as found- countries, and supported through diverse funding ing coeditor for the last five years, and papers sent to me by agencies. With such growth, it is not surprising that critical authors who wanted me to keep abreast of emerging issues. As I. commentaries have surfaced through papers presented at con- look across these diverse materials, I hope to foster the ongoing ferences and in published journal articles.

Ten years later, the definition had shifted from mixing two methods to mixing in all phases of the research process, and mixed methods was being seen as a methodology (Tashakkori & Teddlie, 1998). Included within this process would be mixing from philosophical (i.e., worldview) positions, to final infer-ences, and to the interpretations of results.

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