Mixed methods

Theodoros Iosifides

Chapter 23 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Research Methods in the Social Sciences, 2026, pp 168-171 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this short entry, I present some very basic, but to my view crucial, dimensions of conducting mixed-method social research; that is, research on social processes and phenomena that combine multiple quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. The entry includes clarifications of what mixed-method social research is, emphasizing its advantages and possible limitations and problems. It then proceeds with an analysis of the most important logics and rationales of methodological complementarity and mixing and gives an example of this mixing from a real research project.

Keywords: Mixed-method Social Research; Multi-methodological Approaches; Quantitative And Qualitative Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781803921297
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