Mixed Methods as Methodological Innovations: Problems and Prospects
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Abstract
One of the most recent methodological innovations has been in the area of what is now referred to as Mixed Methodology (hereafter MM). The most serious and comprehensive volume in this area is probably, The Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research (Tashakkori & Teddlie, 2003). The Handbook is a sophisticated compilation of various authors who explore the many dimensions of this emerging field. It is not my intention to review the volume, but rather to make the claim that MM still has a host of methodological issues that must be clarified before the potential development of this area can take their place as being relevant to the social and behavioural sciences. What I would like to do, then, is offer some ideas which can become the basis of further debate. The intent is to present an overview and summary of what I consider to be the major problems that still exist in the area of MM.