Dr Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Ahmadi obtained his doctorate from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.My research interests include reading comprehension, the teaching of English as a second language and Mixed methods research. My scholarly contributions include the publication of some books: Mixed Research in the Social and Educational Sciences, Writing Research Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Academic Researcher's Rules: Fifty Rules, and Sampling in Mixed Methods: Concepts and Applications, and The Splendors and Struggles of a PhD.