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Mixed Methods

Mixed Methods

REFERENCES

GENERAL OVERVIEW

  • Bergman, M. M. (Ed.). (2008). Advances in Mixed Methods Research: Theories and Applications. Sage.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2013). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Sage Publications, Incorporated. ***
  • Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2007). Designing And Conducting Mixed Methods Research.
  • Johnson, R. B., Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Turner, L. A. (2007). Toward A Definition of Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 112-133.
  • Johnson, R. B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2004). Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm whose Time Has Come. Educational Researcher, 33(7), 14-26.
  • Plano Clark, V. L. & Ivankova, N. V. (2016). Mixed Methods Research: A Guide To The Field. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ***
  • Sale, J. E., Lohfeld, L. H., & Brazil, K. (2002). Revisiting the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate: Implications for Mixed Methods Research. Quality and Quantity, 36(1), 43-53.

SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST

Introduction, Overview, and Definitions to Mixed Methods Research

  • Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2017). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage publications. (pp. 61-94; 143- 170)
  • Igo, L. B., Bruning, R., & McCrudden, M. T. (2005). Exploring Differences in Students' Copy-and-Paste Decision Making and Processing: A Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(1)
  • McKim, C. A. (2015). The Value of Mixed Methods Research: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.

Collecting and Analyzing Data In Mixed Methods Research (Including Reliability)

  • Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2017). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage publications. (pp. 184-187; 222- 225)

Basic Designs, Notation, and Diagrams

  • Guest, G. (2013). Describing mixed methods research: An alternative to typologies. Journal of         Mixed Methods Research, 7(2), 141-151.

Mixed Methods Research Literature Reviews

  • Fetters, M. D., & Freshwater, D. (2015). Publishing a methodological mixed methods research article.
  • Greene, J. C. (2006). Toward a methodology of mixed methods social inquiry. Research in the Schools, 13(1), 93-98.
  • Molina-Azorín, J. F., & Fetters, M. D. (2016). Mixed methods research prevalence studies: Field-specific studies             on the state of the art of mixed methods research.

Overall Quality of Mixed Methods Research

  • Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2011). Designing and conducting mixed methods research (2nd             ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Personal Contexts & World Views

  • Johnson, J. S. (2015). Broadening the application of mixed methods in sales research. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 35(4), 334-345.
  • Shannon-Baker, P. (2015). “But I wanted to appear happy”: How using arts-informed and mixed methods approaches complicate qualitatively driven research on culture shock. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(2), 34-52.
  • Shannon-Baker, P. (2016). Making paradigms meaningful in mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 10(4), 319-334.

Publishing Mixed Methods Research Studies

  • Creswell, J. W. (2012). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2011). Designing and conducting mixed methods research (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2017). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage publications. (pp 306-308)
  • Sandelowski, M., Voils, C. I., Leeman, J., & Crandell, J. L. (2012). Mapping the mixed methods–mixed research synthesis terrain. Journal of mixed methods research, 6(4), 317-331.
  • Zhou, X., & Hall, J. N. (2018). Mixed methods papers in first-person and third-person: Writing voices in dialogue. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1558689816652755.

Future of Mixed Methods Research

  • Mertens, D. M. (2015). Mixed methods and wicked problems. Sage
  • Greene, J. C. (2006). Toward a methodology of mixed methods social inquiry. Research in the Schools, 13(1), 93-98.

*** strongly recommended by Raeda Anderson, Ph.D.