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Mixed Methods Inquiry in Sociology

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ID3756441
AuthorsLisa D Pearce (0000-0001-6210-863X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume56
Issue6
Pages829-848
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764211433798
OpenAlexW2047837737
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited56

Sociology is a discipline in which the idea of a multi-method research design has held credence for many years, far before the term mixed methods research was coined. This article charts the implementation and framing of this approach over time to better understand the place and state of mixed methods research in the discipline today. Several recent applications of mixed method research by sociologists are highlighted to demonstrate the range of projects being conducted. There are challenges to further development of mixed methods inquiry within Sociology; however, the current epistemological base of the approach-pragmatism-promotes the merits of a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches and the discipline is better for it

Credence · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Framing (construction) · Management science · Multimethodology · Pragmatism · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science

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