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<p>Discovering human reality requires a complex methodological culture. Besides the quantitative and qualitative paradigms, this accentuates the role of mixed methods, which is a way of generating complex meanings. This paper addresses the issues of using mixed methods from a theoretical and practical perspective, delineates the development of the theory of mixed methods, and speaks for the necessity of theoretical multilingualism and the use of mixed models. It also details the triangulation typologies that give overall information about the object, subject, process, and structure of the research, and then it presents the links between mixed methods and methodological triangulation. The paper is recommended to anyone who ventures to conduct empirical studies with methodological awareness.</p>
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Discovering human reality requires a complex methodological culture. Besides the quantitative and qualitative paradigms, this accentuates the role of mixed methods, which is a way of generating complex meanings. This paper addresses the issues of using mixed methods from a theoretical and practical perspective, delineates the development of the theory of mixed methods, and speaks for the necessity of theoretical multilingualism and the use of mixed models. It also details the triangulation typologies that give overall information about the object, subject, process, and structure of the research, and then it presents the links between mixed methods and methodological triangulation. The paper is recommended to anyone who ventures to conduct empirical studies with methodological awareness.

Methodological Aspects for Applied Linguistic Research – Mixed Methods, Triangulation

santha-malomsoki.agnes@mftk.uni-pannon.hu

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Discovering human reality requires a complex methodological culture. Besides the quantitative and qualitative paradigms, this accentuates the role of mixed...

Methodological Aspects for Applied Linguistic Research – Mixed Methods, Triangulation

Publicado en línea: 27 nov 2023

Páginas: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2023-0013

Palabras clave
mixed methods research, multi-method research, triangulation, systematization

© 2023 Kálmán Sántha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Methodological Aspects for Applied Linguistic Research – Mixed Methods, Triangulation

Publicado en línea: 27 nov 2023

Páginas: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2023-0013

Palabras clavemixed methods research, multi-method research, triangulation, systematization

© 2023 Kálmán Sántha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
mixed methods research, multi-method research, triangulation, systematization