Journal
QUALITY & QUANTITY
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 1253-1271Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9289-9
Keywords
Research paradigm; Assessing legitimation; Mixed research; Dynamic process
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In this article, we have merged or intersected two typologies: Greene's (Res Sch 13(1):93-98, 2006) four-domain typology for developing a methodological or research paradigm in the social and behavioral sciences and Onwuegbuzie and Johnson's (Res Sch 13(1):48-63, 2006) nine-component typology for assessing mixed research legitimation. We argue that merging or interconnecting these typologies present a framework for assessing legitimation in mixed research. Specifically, we demonstrate how the nine types of legitimation map onto Greene's (Res Sch 13(1):93-98, 2006) four methodological domains and illustrate how legitimation in mixed research, rather than being viewed as a procedure that occurs at a specific step of the mixed research process, is better conceptualized as a continuous iterative, interactive, and dynamic process. Additionally, in presenting this framework, we hope to reduce misperceptions that some researchers have voiced about mixed research.
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