Mixed Methods Flashcards
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Use of Mixed Methods
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- Emergent research approach in health-related
- Provide more complete picture of phenomenon
- Answering questions that can’t be by 1 method
- Triangulation (greater validity)
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Definition
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Combining or integrating of qualitative & quantitative research and data in a research study
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Inductive Research
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Primarily qualitative
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Deductive Research
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Primarily Quantitative
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Determining Priority
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- Equal weight
- Quantitative carries more than qualitative
- Qualitative carriers more than quantitative
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Determining Sequence
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- Collect both data at same time
- Quantitative first followed by qualitative
- Qualitative first followed by quantitative
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Mixed Methods Benefits
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- Comprehensive evidence, richer perspective
- Answers questions qualitative/quantitative couldn’t alone
- Encourages collaboration
- Efficient use of time, resources
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Convergent Design
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- Collects qualitative & quantitative data concurrently
- Analyzes two data sets separately
- Mixes two databases by merging results during interpretation
- Best suited to an umbrella paradigm
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Convergent Design Challenges
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- Requires effort & expertise
- Issues related to samples & sample sizes
- Difficult to converge two data sets
- Resolving discrepant results
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Explanatory Design
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- Starts by collecting & analyzing quantitative data
- Collects & analyses qualitative data in 2nd phase
- Connects phases by using quantitative results to shape qualitative questions, sampling, data collection
- Begins from post positivism for quantitative phase
- Shift to constructivism for qualitative phase
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Explanatory Design Purpose
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- Use qualitative data to help explain quantitative results needing further exploration
- Use quantitative results to purposefully select best participants for qualitative study
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Explanatory Design Challenges
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- Two phases require more implementation time
- Difficult to secure ethics approval when 2nd phase isn’t specified prior to 1st phase completion
- Which results to follow up on
- Criteria for participant selection
- Contact participants for 2nd round of data collection
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Exploratory Design
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- Collects & analyzes qualitative data followed by quantitative data
- Analyzes qualitative data & uses results to build subsequent quantitative phases
- Connect phases by using qualitative results to shape quantitative phase - specify research questions, variables, instrument development
- Begin from constructivism for qualitative phase
- Shift to post positivism for quantitative phase
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Exploratory Design Purposes
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- Explore - variables, theories, hypotheses not known
- Develop instrument that is not available
- Assess whether qualitative themes generalize to population
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Exploratory Design Challenges
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- Two phases require more implementation time
- Deciding qualitative findings to use for quantitative phase
- Procedures for developing valid & reliable instrument
- Difficult to specify quantitative procedures when applying for IRB approval - may have to apply twice
