Realism as a Stance for Mixed Methods Research

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Making Paradigms Meaningful in Mixed Methods Research (2016, background): “Other researchers have argued that the concept of a paradigm is ‘‘unhelpful’’ (Biesta, 2010) and perhaps should be replaced with ‘‘mental models’’ (Greene & Hall, 2010) or ‘‘stances’’ (Greene & Hall, 2010; Maxwell & Mittapalli, 2010).”
“I Had To Be Strong” (2016, background): “Critical realism presumes that there are multiple constructed ‘realities’ that provide knowledge about a social reality (Maxwell & Mittapalli, 2010 ; Smith, 2006).”
The Importance of Qualitative Research for Causal Explanation in Education (2012, background): “I have argued elsewhere (Maxwell, 2008, 2011a; Maxwell & Mittapalli, 2010) that this is simply false, and that a realist ontology has important implications for research that are not incompatible with a constructivist epistemology.”
Guidelines for Conducting Mixed-methods Research: An Extension and Illustration (2016, background): “Harrits (2011), Maxwell & Mittapalli (2010) Critical realism This paradigm does not recognize the existence of some absolute truth or reality to which one can compare an object or account.”