Editorial: Differing Perspectives on Mixed Methods Research

Bliss, L.A. , Rocco, T. , & Bliss, L.B. (2004, April). Mixed methods: Surrender in the paradigm wars ? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego , CA.

Brannen, J. (2005). Mixing methods: The entry of qualitative and quantitative approaches into the research process . International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(3), 173-184 .

Creswell, J.W. (2007, May). Exploring the dialectic tensions in the discourse in mixed methods: What is mixed methods research? Paper presented at the QI2007 Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL .

Creswell, J.W. , & Plano Clark, V.L. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage .

Elliot, J. (2005). Using narrative in social research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches. London: Sage Ltd .

Freshwater, D. (2007). Reading mixed methods research: Contexts for criticism . Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 134-146 .

Gilbert, T. (2006). Mixed methods and mixed methodologies: The practical, the technical, and the political . Journal of Research in Nursing , 11(3), 205-217 .

Greene, J.C. (2006). Toward a methodology of mixed methods social inquiry . Research in the Schools, 13(1), 93-99 .

Greene, J. C. , & Caracelli, V. J. (Eds.) (1997). Advances in mixed-method evaluation: The challenges and benefits of integrating diverse paradigms. New Directions for Evaluation, No. 74. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass .

Greene, J.C. , Caracelli, V.J. , & Graham, W.F. (1989). Toward a conceptual framework for mixed method evaluation designs . Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 11(3), 255-274 .

Guba, E.G. (1990). The alternative paradigm dialog. In E. G. Guba (Ed.), The paradigm dialog (pp. 17-30). Newbury Park, CA: Sage .

Johnson, R.B. , Onwuegbuzie, A.J. , & Turner, L.A. (2007). Toward a definition of mixed methods research . Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 112-133 .

Leahey, E. (2007). Convergence and confidentiality? Limits to the implementation of mixed methodology . Social Science Research , 36, 149-158 .

LeCompte, M.D. , & Schensul, J.J. (1999). Designing and conducting ethnographic research (ethnographer's toolkit, Vol. 1). Walnut Creek , CA: Altamira .

Luck, L. , Jackson, D. , & Usher, K. (2006). Case study: A bridge across the paradigms . Nursing Inquiry, 13(2), 103-109 .

Maxcy, S.J. (2003). Pragmatic threads in mixed methods research in the social sciences: The search for multiple modes of inquiry and the end of the philosophy of formalism. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (p. 51-89). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage .

Mertens, D.M. (2007). Transformative paradigm: Mixed methods and social justice . Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 212-225 .

Morgan, D.L. (2007). Paradigms lost and pragmatism regained: Methodological implications of combining qualitative and quantitative methods . Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(1), 48-76 .

Page, S.E. (2007). The difference: How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press .

Reichardt, C.S. & Rallis, S.E. (1994). The relationship between the qualitative and quantitative research traditions. In C. S. Reichardt & S. F. Rallis (Eds.), The qualitative-quantitative debate: New perspectives (New directions for program evaluation, No. 61, pp. 5-11). San Francisco , CA: Jossey-Bass .

Ridenour, C. , Newman, I. , & Newman, C. (in press). Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research: Exploring the interactive continuum. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press .

Rihoux, B. , & Grimm, H. (2006). Innovative comparative methods for policy analysis: Beyond the quantitative-qualitative divide. New York: Springer .

Sale, J.E.M. , Lohfeld, L.H. , & Brazil, K. (2002). Revisiting the quantitative-qualitative debate: Implications for mixed-methods research . Quality & Quantity , 36, 43-53 .

Sandelowski, M. (1996). Using qualitative methods in intervention studies . Research in Nursing & Health, 19, 359-364 .

Sandelowski, M. (2003). Tables or tableaux? The challenges of writing and reading mixed methods studies. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social & behavioral research (pp. 321-350). Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage .

Tashakkori, A. (2006, July). Growing pains? Agreements, disagreements, and new directions in conceptualizing mixed methods . Keynote address presented at the Second Annual Mixed Methods Conference, Cam-bridge, UK.

Tashakkori, A. , & Teddlie, C. (1998). Mixed methodology: Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage .

Tashakkori, A. , & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of mixed methods in social & behavioral research. Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage .

Teddlie, C. , & Tashakkori, A. (2006). A general typology of research designs featuring mixed methods . Research in the Schools, 13(1), 12-28 .

Teddlie, C. , & Tashakkori, A. (in press). Foundations of mixed methods research . Thousand Oaks , CA: Sage .

Yin, R.K. (2006). Mixed methods research: Are the methods genuinely integrated or merely parallel? Research in the Schools, 13(1), 41-47 .