A third methodological movement: challenging the dominance of single methods -- Simple numeric and textual data: querying the divide -- Triangulation and combining methods across studies -- The 'new' politcal arithmetic: a policy case study -- Understanding life histories by varying the scale -- The interplay of scale anf type: complex interventions -- The promise of design studies -- What is the current prevalence of combined methods research? -- Theory as a barrier to the combination of research methods -- Prospects for the 'new' education and social sciewnce researcher
