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TY - CHAP
T1 - Mixed Methodology
AU - Mackey, Alison Jayne
AU - Bryfonski, Lara
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - There has been a slow but steady increase in the number of mixed methods research studies in the social sciences over the last decade (see Creswell, A concise introduction to mixed methods research, SAGE, 2015) as well as in the applied linguistics literature in general. A major advantage of mixed methods research is the ability to gain a rich, complete picture of the phenomenon under investigation, usually through the triangulation of data obtained through different qualitative sources with descriptive and quantitative data. The careful combination of both approaches can allow the research to examine a problem from a range of complementary angles. In this chapter we demonstrate how different approaches can be used together in applied linguistics research and provide practical advice on how to conduct a mixed methods study along with some suggestions for design and data analysis.
AB - There has been a slow but steady increase in the number of mixed methods research studies in the social sciences over the last decade (see Creswell, A concise introduction to mixed methods research, SAGE, 2015) as well as in the applied linguistics literature in general. A major advantage of mixed methods research is the ability to gain a rich, complete picture of the phenomenon under investigation, usually through the triangulation of data obtained through different qualitative sources with descriptive and quantitative data. The careful combination of both approaches can allow the research to examine a problem from a range of complementary angles. In this chapter we demonstrate how different approaches can be used together in applied linguistics research and provide practical advice on how to conduct a mixed methods study along with some suggestions for design and data analysis.
KW - Mixed methods
KW - Design
KW - Methodology
KW - Qualitative
KW - Quantitative
KW - Second language learning
U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-59900-1_5
DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-59900-1_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781137598998
SP - 103
EP - 121
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology
A2 - Phakiti, A.
A2 - De Costa, P.
A2 - Plonsky, L.
A2 - Starfield, S.
PB - Palgrave
CY - London
ER -