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Mixed methods research: John Cresswell seminar

Jul 28, 2014

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Data analysis, Evaluation methods, john cresswell, methodology, mixed methods, Multimethodology, qualitative methods, qualitative research, quantitative methods, Quantitative research, research, research methods, scientific method, triangulation

For me, mixed methods research (MMR) is about using qualitative and quantitative data to strengthen an argument that is difficult to support with only one type of data. It’s about bringing together the numbers (quantitative) and stories (qualitative) to gain a more complete understanding of the world (research problems and questions). We often think of…