Objectives
Specific objectives for this chapter are to
- describe the events based on history, changes in ethical codes, and passage of multilateral human rights declarations that contribute to the rationale for the transformative paradigm;
- discuss the underlying philosophical belief systems of the transformative paradigm and their implications for use of mixed methods approaches to research;
- explain how a transformative perspective can be used to understand and account for culture, power, and social justice in conducting research with diverse populations;
- understand how the use of mixed methods within the transformative paradigm can be used to provide a better understanding of the context in which communities and individuals reside;
- analyze examples of mixed methods studies to determine facets that reflect the use of a transformative paradigm; and
- identify challenges encountered in conducting transformative mixed methods research.
Mixed methods
