A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF MIXED METHOD RESEARCHES

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Abstract Scientific researchers can be conducted in many ways. The issue of methodology is one of the most important concerns in a research. For this reason, it is necessary to determine the method in advance while conducting an academic research. With the development and acceptance of the use of qualitative and quantitative researches together in social and human sciences, mixed method researches combining these two types of data collection became popular. In our country, more studies utilizing the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods are found recently. However, some of these studies do not describe well how the mixed method is applied. For this reason, the aim of this study is to inform the reader how mixed method emerged, the rationale of mixed method research, its advantages and disadvantages, and sampling and mixed methods typologies; and to give an idea of how to design a mixed method research. Key Words: Research Method, Mixed Method, Qualitative-Quantitative approach, Sampling Types, Forms of Design.

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KARMA YÖNTEM ARAŞTIRMALARINA GENEL BİR BAKIŞ

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Öz Bilimsel araştırmalar birçok yöntemle gerçekleştirilebilmektedir. Yöntem konusu, bir araştırmanın en önemli sorunlarından birisidir. O nedenle araştırmaya karar verilirken yöntemin öncelikle belirlenmesi gereklidir. Sosyal ve beşeri bilimlerde nitel ve nicel araştırmaların birlikte kullanımının kabul edilmesi ve gelişimiyle, her iki tür veri toplama şeklini kullanan karma yöntem araştırmaları da yaygınlaşmaya başlamıştır. Özellikle son yıllarda ülkemizde de nicel ve nitel yöntemlerin bir arada kullanıldığı çalışmalara daha fazla rastlanmaktadır. Ancak, bunların bir kısmında metodoloji olarak karma yöntemin nasıl gerçekleştiği net olarak ortaya konmamaktadır. Bu nedenle mevcut çalışmanın amacı karma araştırma yönteminin nasıl ortaya çıktığı, karma araştırmanın gerekçeleri, avantaj ve dezavantajları, örneklem seçimi ve karma araştırma tasarımlarının nasıl yapılacağı hakkında okuyucuyu bilgilendirmek ve karma yöntemle araştırmalarını tasarlarken nasıl bir yol izleyebilecekleri konusunda fikir vermektir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Araştırma Yöntemi, Karma Yöntem, Nitel-Nicel yaklaşım, Örneklem Türleri, Tasarım Şekilleri

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Araştırma Yöntemi, Karma Yöntem, Nitel-Nicel yaklaşım, Örneklem Türleri, Tasarım Şekilleri

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