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. These critics have conversation about the CONTROVERSIES and the many possible come from both within ( , Greene, 2008; Morse, 2005; answers that scholars have offered to them. Creswell, Plano Clark, & Garrett, 2008) and outside (Denzin &. Lincoln, 2005; Howe, 2004) the MIXED METHODS community.

from many years of reviewing mixed methods articles and determining how researchers use both qualitative and quantita - tive methods in their studies. I am not alone in proposing some common features. In a highly cited JMMR article, Johnson, Onwuegbuzie, and Turner (2007) suggested a composite definition for mixed methods

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