Systematic Combining Flashcards
What is Systematic Combining
Systematic combining: an abductive approach to case research
Systematic combining: an abductive approach to case research .
MATCHING
Matching Systematic combining can be described as a nonlinear, path-dependent process of combining efforts with the ultimate objective of matching theory and reality.
‘‘frequent overlap of data analysis with data collection’’
Parallel to the data collection the search for useful theories, complementary to the general framework, was ongoing, guided by the fact that the empirical observations and the current theoretical framework did not match
Matching is, thus, about going back and forth between framework, data sources, and analysis. It constitutes one of the foundations of systematic combining.
DIRECTION AND REDIRECTION
Direction and redirection of the study is an important feature for achieving matching.
ifferent sources of data and methods of data collection.
Combining sources of evidence, while shifting between analysis and interpretation, usually denotes triangulation
This may result in redirection of the study In the case study described, interviews were combined with other sources of information
