Abstract
Increasing interest in mixed method approach in social and
behavioral sciences has been observed in last couple of
decades. Procedural integration of qualitative and quantitative
methods has been addressed by studies. As this design is
gaining currency in various disciplines, it was important to
evaluate its efficiency and this need was realized in and met in
some of the academic disciplines. However, only few studies
have examined its use in applied linguistics and that too in
general terms, or in contexts outside Pakistan. Therefore, the
present study analyzes: i) the acknowledgement of the term
mixed methods study in the research in applied linguistics
conducted in Pakistani context; and ii) the concluding
interpretations to notice the inference quality (Tashakkori &
Teddlie, 2008) through the researcher’s argument on the
findings from the integrated methods to indicate the metainference. It is hoped that this paper, by elaborating the ways in
which applied linguistics researchers design mixed methods
studies, will contribute to the better understanding of the
utilization of mixed methods inapplied linguistics, particularly
in English language teaching, and should therefore be of
interest for researchers who are concerned with the scheming of
mixed method research.
Samreen Zaheer. (2016) Quality in Mixed Methods Design in Applied Linguistics Research at Federal Universities of Pakistan, Mayar , Volume 15-16, Issue 1 .
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