Mixed Method Research

Question 1

Mixed Methods Research

Answer 1

• Systematic integration or ‘mixing’ qualitative and quantitative and data for single research questions

Question 2

Mixed Methods Research

Answer 2

• done with the believe that both types of studies will give clear understanding to the question studied
• researchers seek to build on the strengths of both quantitative and qualitative research methods

Question 3

Mixed Methods Research

Reasons why Researchers use it

Answer 3

• triangulation or seeking convergence of results
• complementarity or examining overlapping and different facets of a phenomenon
• initiation or discovering paradoxes, contradiction, fresh perspectives
• development or using the methods sequentially, such that results from the first method inform the use of the second method
• expansion or mixed methods adding breadth and scope to a project

Question 4

Strategies in Mixed Methods Research

Answer 4

• field of mixed methods is developing
• practice informs theory as much as theory informs practice
• Creswell classifies 6 strategies in mixed methods research