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Chapter 25

http://www.referenceworld.com/sage/socialscience/triangulation.pdf
Here is a detailed and informative account of “triangulation”, a term which is often used synonymously with “multi-strategy research”. The definition has been provided by Alan Bryman for the Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, an ambitious project sponsored by Sage (a publishing company), which is still at an early stage of development.  This short entry contains a useful overview of how and why triangulation is used in social research, the various forms it can take, and an evaluation of this approach.

http://aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/Volume_33_No_7/03ERv33n7_Johnson.pdf
R. Burke Johnson and Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie wrote this article for “Educational Researcher” (Vol 33, No 7, 2004). It is a very scholarly treatment of “mixed-methods” research, which they subtitle “A paradigm whose time has come”. A full bibliography is provided at the end of an article in which ‘no stone has been left unturned’. Certainly there is far more information given here than the average student might need, but for those who would like to delve a little deeper into this topic, it will prove richly satisfying read.

http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/kuhnsyn.html
This article summarizes Thomas Kuhn’s (1970) famous book about scientific paradigms: “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. It has been written for “The Philosophers’ Web”, an online magazine, by Frank Pajares. This will be useful for anyone who remains sceptical about the idea of multi-strategy research and wants to investigate the argument that quantitative and qualitative research represent different paradigms.

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/tutorial/Sydenstricker/bolsa.html
John Sydenstricker-Neto has produced a tutorial on mixed-methods design, available online through this link. He describes it as a "hands-on” introduction because each step is illustrated with cases and practical advice is always to hand. The site is easy to navigate, with all the essential information appearing on the home page, including a bibliography and further suggested links.

http://www.bath.ac.uk/econ-dev/wellbeing/research/workingpaperpdf/wp40.pdf
This is a link to a paper written by Nicola Jones and Andy Summer as ‘working paper 40’ for Wellbeing in International Development (WeD).  It discusses the rational for mixed-methods research within an actual research context and is an informative read, not just from the point of view of the debate about mixing research methods, but also in terms of the application into the study of poverty.