*Research Scholar, Department of Education, Banasthali University, Rajasthan
**Associate Professor, Head of Department Department of Education Banasthali University, Rajasthan
Online published on 22 January, 2015.
There have been numerous waves in research and these waves are quantitative, qualitative and mixed method. Researchers who refuted the quantitative paradigm's assumptions and principles turned to the qualitative research paradigm. During the 1960s, that the concept of mixing the two approaches was introduced.
This paper highlights the definition and advantages of mixed methods research and also give the idea about uses of mixed method research in various fields by the review of researches.