Quantitative and Qualitative research methods
Quantitative and Qualitative research methods
Quantitative and Qualitative research methods
Qualitative, Quantitative, & Mixed Methods of Inquiry
Chapter 4
Mixed-Methods
Quantitative research methods emphasize the production of precise and generalizable statistical findings
Qualitative research methods more likely to tap deeper meanings of human experience and generate theoretically richer observations not easily reduced to numbers
Researchers should match the tools they use with research questions & conditions
Mixed-methods research refers to the use of combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods within the same study
Reasons for using Mixed-Methods
Three broad reasons:
To use one set of methods to illustrate cases or provide numbers for the findings of the other set
To use one set to initiate ideas or techniques that later can be pursued by the other set
To see if the two sets of findings corroborate each other
Advanced Mixed-Methods Designs
Intervention Mixed-Methods Design
Merging a qualitative inquiry with a quantitative evaluation of an intervention’s outcome
Social Justice Mixed-Methods Design
Uses various methods based on a social justice theory, with goal of call for action
Multiphase Mixed-Methods Design
Uses several mixed-method projects implemented in multiple phases over time in longitudinal study
Figure 4.4