In This Issue: Narrative Mixed Methods Research, Visual Methods and Photographs, Joint Display Coding, and Randomized Controlled Trials in Mixed Methods Research

This October 2022 issue of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) includes an editorial, a commentary and rebuttal, four articles, and a media review. In the editorial, Fetters (2022) has articulated multiple reasons for adopting naming conventions in the field of mixed methods research. He has focused on mixed methods designs and on naming convention to reflect designs that move beyond core mixed methods designs into combinations with different levels or aspects of research, for example, philosophical, paradigmatic, theoretical, analytical, and methodological. Specifically, Fetters has proposed a taxonomy inspired by the biological sciences that can include levels beyond the methods for a host of designs referred to by such names as advanced designs, intersected designs, scaffolded designs, and embedded designs. He has provided recommendations for authors submitting to JMMR, and next steps for the mixed methods community. Next, this issue includes a commentary by Maxwell (2022) and a rebuttal by Morgan (2022), following an interesting conversation thread in the journal about the use of the term “triangulation” in mixed methods research and distinction from the aspects of integrating quantitative and qualitative methods (Fetters & Molina-Azorin, 2017, 2019; Hammersley, 2018; Maxwell, 2019; Morgan, 2018, 2019a, 2019b; Sandelowski, 2018). Regarding the four articles published in this October 2022 issue, in the first article, Doran et al. (2022), with affiliations in sociology, nursing, social work, and social statistics, examined the use of narrative methodology with mixed methods research. The authors define narrative mixed methods research as a mixed methods approach that is shaped by stories about the phenomenon under investigation (p. 3). They provided an example from studying the value and impact of social support on the treatment and quality of life of older people with cancer. The authors conducted an