@article{710e468c2edb400f87eefb9e55fb0281,
title = "The use of mixed methods by chinese scholars in east china: A case study",
abstract = "Since mixed methods research began as an Anglo-American movement (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2011), there is little information about how it has emerged in non-Western cultural contexts such as East Asia and China. Without this knowledge, a gap in understanding occurs about the diffusion and expansion of mixed methods in some of the most populous cultures in the world. The objective of this qualitative case study is to present a detailed analysis of how mixed methods is being used by Chinese scholars in the region of East China. Five themes emerged from the inductive coding. These were the need for using mixed methods, the designs, the current status of the use, the ways to improve the use, and the contextual factors influence the expansion of mixed methods in China. With mixed methods research increasingly attracting worldwide attention, this discussion makes a unique contribution by exploring its expansion into Mainland China.",
keywords = "Case study, East China, Mixed methods research, The use of methods",
author = "Yuchun Zhou and Creswell, {John W.}",
note = "Funding Information: However, the use of mixed methods in China has been slow in the past decades due to the following two barriers. First, conducting a mixed methods research project usually requires more cost and personnel in the investigation than a pure quantitative or qualitative research project (Liu, Feng, & Li, 2007; Tian, 2007; Zhang & Wang, 2001). The amount of research funding for Chinese scholars is usually limited, which is not enough for mixed methods research. Even in East China, a highly urbanized and economically developed district, the financial support for research is restricted (Tian, 2007). Funding Information: Second, there is also another realistic issue that has hindered the use of mixed methods in China. According to Tian (2007) as well as interviewees in this study, senior investigators in China have greater opportunities to obtain the financial support than young scholars. But senior scholars are more likely to be conservative to the use of any new methodology, including mixed methods. Although there are a number of young scholars who accept mixed methods, they barely have chances to get their mixed methods research projects funded. Accordingly, few mixed methods research studies have been funded and conducted in the past decade in China (Tian, 2007).",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
doi = "10.5172/mra.2012.6.1.73",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "73--87",
journal = "International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches",
issn = "1834-0806",
publisher = "eContent Management Pty Ltd",
number = "1",
}