Episode 05:  Mixed methods with special guest John Hitchcock

Have you ever wanted to know about using mixed methods in your research? Check out our latest podcast on mixed methods and the paradigm wars in program evaluation for a discussion about what mixed methods is and is not with special guest John Hitchcock, Marilyn Sime Professor for Educational Excellence at the University of Minnesota. 

John Hitchcock, a colleague of both Stacey and Bill, has published extensively on the topic mixed methods research. He explains what mixed methods is and is not in the world of evaluation research, shares examples from his work and collaborations with other leaders in the field and answers our questions about the topic. 

Below are resources referenced by John and additional information on colleagues and concepts discussed in this episode. 

1. Burke Johnson

• Google Scholar page


• Mixed methods research: A research paradigm whose time has come (2004)
  
  
  • Article co-written with Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
  
  
  
  

Anthony (Tony) J. Onwuegbuzie

• University of Cambridge faculty bio

Paradigm shift

• Popularized by Thomas Kuhn in 


• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962; Wikipedia article)

John W. Creswell and Vicki L. Plano Clarn

• Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research (Sage College Publishing)

Michael Fetters

• Bio (Michigan Mixed Methods Program)


• The Mixed Methods Research Workbook (Sage Publications)

Bonnie MacDougall

• Sri Lankan village life (Cornell Chronicle, July 17, 2018)

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