In This Issue: Innovations in Mixed Methods—Causality, Case Study Research With a Circular Joint Display, Social Media, Grounded Theory, and Phenomenology
Year: 2019
Type: editorial
Abstract: This April 2019 issue of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) includes two commentaries, an editorial describing new requirements for submissions to JMMR, six articles, and two media reviews.This issue begins with a commentary by Horvath and Latcheva (2019) in response to the 2018 October Special Issue on Mixed Methods Research and Migration Studies.In their commentary, Horvath and Latcheva, who have affiliations in sociology and human rights, call attention to migration as a wicked problem, and argue the need for utilization of mixed methods to advance the field of migration research.Their observations are particularly timely and welcome given the unprecedented magnitude of migration occurring internationally that has been flamed by political turmoil in recent years.They argue for reframing migration research away from a focus on diversity to a new emphasis on integration of multiple contexts and perspectives.Their commentary contributes to a better understanding of the linkage between methodological challenges and context, and recognition that politics and migration research are inseparable (Horvath & Latcheva, 2019).In the second commentary, Maxwell (2019), with an academic affiliation from education and human development, provides an alternative interpretation of David Morgan's arguments on why mixed methods researchers need to distinguish between qualitative and quantitative methodology (Morgan, 2018a).Maxwell continues the robust discussion thread started in previous issues of JMMR (Hammersley, 2018; Morgan, 2018b;Sandelowski, 2018).Maxwell urges a reframing of the discussion away from methods and paradigms, to a mental models view.Maxwell reminds us that quantitative and qualitative ways of thinking about research differ.He argues for the compatibility of the two approaches for examining a phenomenon of interest while recognizing that the qualitative and the quantitative focus on different aspects (Maxwell, 2019).
Authors: Michael D. Fetters, José F. Molina-Azorin
Institutions: University of Michigan, University of Alicante
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2920836684