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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cheng, Shu-Ju Ada

Titel

Mixed Methods? Do They Really Work? A Commentary

Ist Teil von

• RIMCIS : international and multidisciplinary journal of social sciences, 2013-11, Vol.2 (3), p.221-235

Ort / Verlag

Hipatia Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this short commentary, I comment on the state and popularity of mixed methods in social sciences in recent decades. While quantitative and qualitative methods are considered complementary, I question the use of mixed methods by scholars without deeper reflections on the epistemological and methodological foundations of these two methods. My contention is that researchers cannot simply combine qualitative and quantitative methods without explicating how they reconcile and negotiate their different foundations. These two methods are not just tools. The act of mixing them without reflections is simply not sufficient. Reconciling and reflecting upon the foundational differences between these two methods would be an essential step.