The <i>Journal of Mixed Methods Research</i> Starts a New Decade: The Mixed Methods Research Integration Trilogy and Its Dimensions
Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchPublished 16 June 2017Open access
Michael D. Fetters, José F. Molina‐Azorín
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Abstract
As in the previous two issues of 2017, we continue a year-long celebration of a decade of mixed methods research scholarship in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Here, we introduce the contributions of this issue, and then for a timely substantive focus of this editorial, we introduce the concept of the “mixed methods research integration trilogy” (below, ‘MMR integration trilogy’).
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