different methods without any attempt to combine the methodological assumptions that
underlie the data collected. Given that one cannot separate methods from the broader
research process, the pragmatists argue that mixed methods research should focus on
the entire research process by tying methods to an integrated set of philosophical and
methodological assumptions (Creswell and Tashakkori, 2007; Tashakkori and Teddlie,
1998). This, according to Scott and Briggs (2009), is a sensible approach to unifying data
and presenting an integrated and coherent set of results