1st Edition

Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers

Edited By Yafeng Shan Copyright 2024
270 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research. It offers new defences of the seven main approaches to mixed methods (the pragmatist approach, the transformative approach, the indigenous approach, the dialectical approach, the dialectical pluralist approach, the performative approach, and... Read more

1. Assessing Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
Yafeng Shan

Part I. Thus Spoke Researchers

2. A Pragmatist Approach to Mixed Methods Research
Martina Y. Feilzer

3. The Philosophical Foundations of a Transformative Approach to Mixed Methods
Donna Mertens

4. Philosophical Underpinnings of Mixed Methods: Decolonizing Evaluation Practice through Decolonising Paradigms
Bagele Chilisa

5. The Dialectic Stance: Navigating Difference
Jori N. Hall

6. Dialectical Pluralism and Integration in Mixed Methods Research
R. Burke Johnson

7. A Performative Approach to Mixed Methods Research
Judith Schoonenboom

8. A Realist Approach for Mixed Methods Research
Joseph A. Maxwell

Part II. Thus Spoke Philosophers

9. Mixed Methods Research and Deweyan Pragmatism Reconsidered
Gert Biesta

10. Mixed Methods Research and Critical Realism Reconsidered
Rosa W. Runhardt

11. Mixed Methods and Causal Ontology
Christopher Clarke

12. Evidential Partnerships and Multi-method Research in Political Science: Methodological, Evidential, and Causal Pluralisms
Sharon Crasnow

Biography

Yafeng Shan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. His books include Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2023).