Lauren Martyn

This post explores a project by the well known Mixed Methods Research pioneer, Dr John W. Creswell. This video is really interesting as it serves as an example of the end to end of a research plan. The process is…

Mixed methods research is an emerging research methodology that brings together the best of qualitative – working with individual data and stories – and combines that with quantitative – a systematic and statistical investigation, in a research design that is…

In order to frame our understanding of the foundational role of ethics within scholarly research Preissle et al offers two essential and interdependent factors: integrity and compliance (2015, p.145). The term research integrity refers to the need for scholars to…

Sound research design and practise is not only grounded in ‘a basic set of beliefs that guide action’ (Guba cited in Creswell 2018, p. 54) but serves as a vehicle to advance key philosophical concepts (Creswell 2018). Research theorists uphold…

While much of the information on this site is celebrating the positive aspects of using mixed methods for research, there are some limitations that also need to be considered. In many cases the research design is difficult to implement as…

As contemporary research becomes more often interdisciplinary, complex and collaborative in nature, it requires methods that can respond to different questions that we need to answer. Mixed Methods Research is used where Qualitative and Quantitive research methods can enrich each…

The references below are for all pages on this site relating to Mixed Methods Research regardlesss of the author: Texts Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 5th Edition. Sage Lankoski,…