1. Mixed Methods in Context
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Argues for mixed methods as a third major methodological approach (adding to quantitative and qualitative methodologies). Its basis in pragmatism is well described.
Argues that integrated mixed methods have been practiced unproblematically for at least the last two centuries – well before the currently claimed dawn of mixed methods. He draws lessons about strategies for integration from actual examples of studies in disciplines as diverse as geology, ethology and social science.