In light of the dispersed nature of the mixed methods literature, the editors have organized a collection of key discussions and examples of mixed methods research studies in one easy-to-access location. This integrative collection draws from the international literature appearing across diverse research disciplines over the past thirty years.

The Evolution of Mixed Methods Research, Pragmatism as a Philosophical Foundation for Mixed Methods Research, The Transformative-Emancipatory Perspective as a Philosophical Foundation for Mixed Methods Research, Triangulation as the First Mixed Methods Design, Identifying the Purposes for Mixed Methods Designs, A Notation System for Mixed Methods Designs, An Expanded Typology for Classifying Mixed Methods Research Into Designs, Different Sampling Techniques for Mixed Methods Studies, Data Analysis Strategies in Mixed Methods Research, Expanding the Reasons for Conducting Mixed Methods Research, Types of Legitimation (Validity) in Mixed Methods Research, Powerful Rhetorical Devices Used in Writing Mixed Methods Research, An Improved Role for Qualitative Research in Mixed Methods, An Alternative to Reconciling the Different Realities of Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Part II. Exemplar Research Studies, A Concurrent/Triangulation Mixed Methods Design With Merged Results, A Concurrent/Triangulation Mixed Methods Design With Data Transformation, An Embedded Experimental Before-Intervention Mixed Methods Design, An Embedded Experimental During-Intervention Mixed Methods Design, An Embedded Experimental After-Intervention Mixed Methods Design, A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Design to Explain Findings, A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Design With Participant Selection, A Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Design With Instrument Development, A Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Design to Generate and Test a Model, References Cited in the Editors' Introductions, Index