Creswell_Research_Design_ Qualitative Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 2018 5th Ed

This format shows that the researcher poses both a purpose statement and research questions for quantitative
and qualitative components, as well as mixed components. It is important to specify early in the proposal the
reasons (rationale) for the mixed methods approach and to identify key elements of the design, such as the
type of mixed methods study, a visual diagram of the procedures, and both the quantitative and qualitative
data collection and analysis steps. All of these parts could make the mixed methods proposal lengthier than
either the qualitative or quantitative proposal.
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