A Practical Guide to Mixed Research Methodology

This book offers a practical guide to mixed method research highlighting aspects of research design, execution, and analysis under various perspectives and research traditions. These are provided in clear and readable prose with a strong focus on practicality, and at the same time, without resorting to oversimplification. In creating this book the author has used many research papers in various disciplines that had focused on both practical and theoretical aspects of MMR. During the quiet two years of Covid era and subsequent refreshment follow up year, the author managed to identify relevant articles and many case studies that reveal various theoretical and practical aspects of the MMR with the aim of helping post graduate students and supervisors to manage their research projects. Among the explored themes were several categories of MMR topics that satisfy both practicality and comprehensiveness requirements of the book. These categories in turn guided the author towards identifying relevant and useful case studies that complement the theoretical side of the book. These case studies are expected to help the reader in better understanding of various contexts that the MMR methodology has been used in the near past.