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Mix? Yes, but How? Mixed Methods Research Illustarted

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The purpose of the article is to present a theoretical framework of the study investigating relationships between students’ social factors such as, for example, place of residence, family financial status, or parents’ educational background and their foreign language proficiency level based on mixed methods research design. The presentation is preceded by a discussion of mixed methods research and followed by the evaluation of this approach based on the outcomes of the empirical investigation.

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    For an in-depth and comprehensive discussion of the quantitative versus qualitative dichotomy see Dörnyei (2009) and Brown (2008).

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Główka, D. (2011). Mix? Yes, but How? Mixed Methods Research Illustarted. In: Extending the Boundaries of Research on Second Language Learning and Teaching. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20141-7_22

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