choosing and communicating an appropriate mixed methods design for your study
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Choosing and Communicating an Appropriate Mixed Methods
Design for your Study
Philip Adu, Ph.D.Methodology Expert National Center for Academic & Dissertation Excellence (NCADE)The Chicago School of Professional [email protected]: @drphilipadu
Think of SPA & TTIPP
Types of Mixed Methods Design
Sequential Designs
(a) Sequential Explanatory Design
(b) Sequential Exploratory Design
(c) Sequential Transformative Design
Concurrent Designs
(a) Concurrent Triangulation Design
(b) Concurrent Nested Design
(c) Concurrent Transformative Design
(Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutmann, & Hanson, 2003)
Choosing an Appropriate Mixed Methods Design
Think of SPA
S = Sequence of gathering the dataa. Concurrent (collecting both data at the same time)b. Sequential (collecting one kind of data at a time)
P = Priority or role given to qualitative and quantitative data in addressing the phenomenon of study
a. Equal role/priorityb. Unequal role/priority
i. When quantitative data plays a dominant role
ii. When qualitative data plays a dominant role
A = Advocacy role of the researcher (i.e. taking a transformative perspective)a. Having an agenda of using the study to directly improve the lives of participantsb. Having no agenda of using the study to directly improve the lives of participants
Using Mixed Methods Design Decision Tool (MMDDT)
To guide you to choose an appropriate mixed methods design
(free to use)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MMDD_Tool
Communicating your Selected Mixed Methods DesignThink of TTIPP
•What is the sequence of gathering the data?
• (1) Concurrent OR (2) Sequential T=Timing
•What is the philosophical paradigm that informs your selected mixed methods design?
• If qualitative approach is the priority, I would make the paradigm (1) Explicit Instead of being (2) Implicit
T=Theoretical Lens
•How do you plan to integrate the qualitative and quantitative methods/data/results?
•At what stage do you plan to mix or connect both methods/data/results?
• (1) Data analysis phase OR (2) Interpretation phase I=Integration
•What priority/role is given to qualitative and quantitative methods/data/results?
• (1) Equal role OR (2) Unequal role
• If unequal role, which one is playing a dominant role?P=Priority
•Why do you plan to use both methods in the study? Which aspect of the phenomenon would each method address? (1) Same aspect = Triangulation rationale (2) Different aspects= Complementarity, Development, Initiation, and Expansion rationale
P=Purpose
Communicating your Selected Mixed Method DesignThink of TTIPP
Source: https://www.slideshare.net/kontorphilip
/designing-a-mixed-methods-research
(Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutmann, & Hanson, 2003)
(Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutmann, & Hanson, 2003)
Mixed Methods
Design
Theoretical Lens Timing Integration Methodological
Rationale
Priority
Sequential Explanatory
Design
Implicit (Post-positivist lens) Sequential – beginning with
quantitative phase
Data Analysis stage
(connected) and
Interpretation stage
(merged)
Complementarity Quantitative data
Sequential Exploratory
Design
Explicit (constructivist lens) Sequential – beginning with
qualitative phase
Data Analysis stage
(connected) and
Interpretation stage
(merged)
Development,
complementarity, and/or
expansion
Qualitative data
Sequential
Transformative Design
Explicit – advocacy lens Sequential – beginning with
either quantitative or
qualitative phase
Data Analysis stage
(connected) and
Interpretation stage
(merged)
Complementarity,
development and/or
expansion
Either quantitative or
qualitative data
(Sometimes both…)
Concurrent
Triangulation Design
Implicit Concurrent Data analysis (separated)
and Interpretation stages
(merged)
Triangulation Equal – both quantitative
and qualitative data
Concurrent Nested
Design
Implicit or
explicit
Concurrent Data analysis (data
transformed and/or
merged) and
Interpretation stages
(merged
Complementarity, initiation,
and/or expansion
Unequal
Concurrent
Transformative Design
Explicit – advocacy lens Concurrent Data analysis (separated)
and Interpretation stages
(merged)
Complementarity, initiation,
and/or expansion
Equal or unequal
Features of Mixed Methods Design
ReferencesCreswell, John W. (2013). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches (3rd). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
Creswell, J. W., Plano Clark, V. L., Gutmann, M. L., & Hanson, W. E. (2003). Advanced mixed methods research designs. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (pp. 209–240). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Greene, J. C., Caracelli, V. J., & Graham, W. F. (1989). Toward a conceptual framework for mixed-methods evaluation designs. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 11(3), 255-274.
Hanson, W. E., Creswell, J. W., Plano Clark, V. L., Petska, K. S., & Creswell, D. J. (2005). Mixed methods research designs in counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2(55), 224-235. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.224
Plano Clark, V. P., & Creswell, J. W. (2008). The mixed methods reader. California: Sage Publications, Inc.
Philip Adu, Ph.D.
Methodology Expert
National Center for Academic & Dissertation Excellence (NCADE)
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
You could reach Dr. Adu at [email protected] and @drphilipadu on twitter.