Affiliation:
1. University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hue University, Vietnam
Abstract
Mixed methods research (MMR) has gradually gained popularity as a desirable procedure to provide robust insights into a problem or research question. Referred to as the third major “research paradigm,” MMR marks a turning point where the two previous movements of quantitative and qualitative methods are combined. This chapter begins with the definition of MMR before walking researchers through the key issues, including research problems that can be best addressed using MMR, core and complex mixed methods designs, the formulation of research questions in MMR studies, data collection, analysis and integration in MMR, and reliability and validity in conducting MMR studies. The chapter folds into its discussion exemplary mixed methods studies in applied linguistics and language learning so that readers can start visualizing their own MMR projects in their topics of interest.
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