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The Adoption Of Mixed Methods In China: An Exploratory Instrument Design, Yuchun Zhou
The Adoption Of Mixed Methods In China: An Exploratory Instrument Design, Yuchun Zhou
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Mixed methods is “the third research paradigm” and a methodology along with traditional quantitative and qualitative methodologies (Johnson & Onwuegbuzie, p.14). It is at the expansion/diffusion stage of development where researchers are most interested in how this method is adopted across disciplines and countries. However, very little literature is found regarding the use of mixed methods in non-Western cultural contexts, such as East Asia. Hence, the current study aimed to explore the expansion of mixed methods in an underrepresented population, China, a non-Western context and developing country.
The study employed an exploratory instrument design to investigate Chinese scholars’ decisions of …