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UNDERSTANDING MIXED METHODS RESEARCH
01-Creswell (Designing) 5/16/2006 8:31 PM Page 1. CHAPTER 1. UNDERSTANDING MIXED . METHODS RESEARCH . W ork on this book began almost a decade ago when we started writing about MIXED METHODS RESEARCH at the time that quali- tative RESEARCH had achieved legitimacy and writers were advo- cating for its use in the social and human sciences. Since then, we have published more than a dozen articles and book chapters on MIXED METHODS RESEARCH . However, our own articles, as well as articles written by others, are difficult to find because they are scattered in many journals and books. This is why it is difficult to see the emerging threads of this new approach. We say that MIXED METHODS is a new approach, but we recognize that others may not see it as a recent approach. Researchers for many years have collected both quantitative and qualitative data in the same studies.
lecting, analyzing, and mixing both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study or series of studies. Its central premise is that the use of quan-titative and qualitative approaches in combination provides a better understanding of research problems than either approach alone. Using this definition as our guide, we will now more closely ...
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