Overview

Editors:

Alicia O'Cathain
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Kathleen MT Collins
University of Arkansas, United States

This special issue of International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches (MRA) is dedicated to Mixed Methods for Novice Researchers. The issue will include papers on philosophies underpinning the use of multiple methods; examples of studies which have trialled a multiplicity of approaches; and problems and issues in combining various innovative approaches. Preference will be given to papers which help to set the benchmark for high quality research in this area and then ensure future submissions and research meet them.

The special issue aims to set a benchmark for design and application of multiple/mixed methods by both novice (Third year, Honours, Masters and PhD students) and experienced researchers. Papers are based on the experience, innovations and applications of recent and seasoned researchers who have captured the lessons learned, then communicated them here to students framing or starting their research proposals or projects.

Table of Contents

Guest Editorial: Ten points about mixed methods research to be considered by the novice researcher
Kathleen MT Collins, Alicia O'Cathain

Prologue: Reflections on the development of mixed methods research
Julia Brannen

Mixed data analysis: advanced integration techniques
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, John R Slate, Nancy L Leech, Kathleen MT Collins

How the novice researcher can make sense of mixed methods designs
Katrin Niglas

Understanding how mixed methods research is undertaken within a specific research community: The case of business studies
José F Molina-Azorín

Understanding divergence of quantitative and qualitative data (or results) in mixed methods studies
Pierre Pluye, Roland M Grad, Alissa Levine, Belinda Nicolau

Teachers' attitudes about the communicative language teaching approach when teaching English in India: An embedded mixed methods case study
Thomas W Christ, Sakilahmed A Makarani

Utilizing mixed methods to assess parasocial interaction of one entertainment-education program audience
Yoko Kawamura, Nataliya V Ivankova, Connie L Kohler, Suzanne Perumean-Chaney

Conclusion: Lessons Learned for Teaching Mixed Research: A Framework for Novice Researchers
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Nancy L Leech

Book Reviews

A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about Qualitative Research
David Silverman
Reviewed by Phil Francis Carspecken