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Mixed Methods Research Design

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Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research (WSKS 2011)

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Mixed methods research is an approach to inquiry that combines or associates both qualitative and quantitative forms. Mixed methods designs provide researchers, across research disciplines, with a rigorous approach to answering research questions. In the case of holistic analysis of complex systems, such as the mega-project, this is a relevant approach. Mixing the data, the specific types of research designs, the notation system, terminology, diagrams of procedures includes a risk of entering to chaos. Therefore research design has to be clearly articulated to readers. Triangulation is an important part of research design. Denzin [10] has identified four basic types of triangulation. In this exploratory paper are discussed mixed method research, theory triangulation, economic science, design science and systems development. Finally is introduced utilization of mixed methods in multiple-case study conducted in industry.

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  1. Department of Industrial Management, Tampere University of Technology, Pohjoisranta 11, 28100, Pori, Finland

    Heli Aramo-Immonen

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  1. The American College of Greece, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

    Da Ruan

  3. College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Robert D. Tennyson

  4. University of Oviedo, Oviedo-Asturias, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

  5. Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Francisco José García Peñalvo

  6. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden

    Lazar Rusu

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Aramo-Immonen, H. (2013). Mixed Methods Research Design. In: Lytras, M.D., Ruan, D., Tennyson, R.D., Ordonez De Pablos, P., García Peñalvo, F.J., Rusu, L. (eds) Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research. WSKS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_5

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