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Integrating quantitative and qualitative research: how is it done?
Ist Teil von
Qualitative research : QR, 2006-02, Vol.6 (1), p.97-113
Ort / Verlag
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
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This article seeks to move beyond typologies of the ways in which quantitative and
qualitative research are integrated to an examination of the ways that they are
combined in practice. The article is based on a content analysis of 232 social
science articles in which the two were combined. An examination of the research
methods and research designs employed suggests that on the quantitative side
structured interview and questionnaire research within a cross-sectional design
tends to predominate, while on the qualitative side the semi-structured interview
within a cross-sectional design tends to predominate. An examination of the
rationales that are given for employing a mixed-methods research approach and the
ways it is used in practice indicates that the two do not always correspond. The
implications of this finding for how we think about mixed-methods research are outlined.