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Mixed/Multi Method Design. Mixed or Multi Method Design. Overview. What are mixed-method designs?. Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches. Bringing quantitative & qualitative together. Mixed vs. Multi Method Designs. Mixed or Multi Method Design. What are Mixed Method Designs?.
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Mixed or Multi Method Design Overview • What are mixed-method designs? • Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches • Bringing quantitative & qualitative together • Mixed vs. Multi Method Designs
Mixed or Multi Method Design What are Mixed Method Designs? Mixed Methods Quantitative Qualitative Seeks to understand & interpret events from perspectives of the people involved and as understood by them. Places the emphasis on measurement when collecting and analysing data. Generally follows a natural science model. A third research paradigm that encourages the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Mixed or Multi Method Design Mixed-Method designsintended to supplement one information source with another, or ‘triangulate’ on an issue by using different data sources and research methods to approach a research problem from different points of view Mixed Method Designs Quantitative Qualitative
Mixed or Multi Method Design Multi-method designsare intended to ‘triangulate’ an issue using two data collection procedure or two or more research methods each of which is from the same quantitative or qualitative tradition. Multi Method Designs Quantitative method #1 (or qualitative #1) Quantitative method #2 (or qualitative #2)
Mixed or Multi Method Design Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches Role of Theory Qualitative Quantitative Inductive Approach (often) Theory generation Deductive approach (often) Theory testing
Mixed or Multi Method Design Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches Theory of Knowledge Qualitative Quantitative Interpretative Positivist
Mixed or Multi Method Design Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches View of Social Reality Qualitative Quantitative Constructed by people; objective as much as possible Objective and measurable
Mixed or Multi Method Design Bringing QN & QL Together Regression Analysis Quantitative Examples Time Series Inferential Analysis
Mixed or Multi Method Design Bringing QN & QL Together QCA Qualitative Examples Ethnography Process Tracing