4 The Practice of a Mixed Methods Research Strategy: Personal, Professional and Project Considerations

2014 ◽  
pp. 53-65
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Strategy

Studying Non-Democratic Regional Organizations: Methodological Issues

2019 ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Anastassia V. Obydenkova ◽  
Alexander Libman
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Large N ◽  
The World ◽  
Small N

The chapter describes the methodology of this book’s analysis. In particular, it presents details on our mixed methods research strategy and how the insights from the small-N studies contribute to the large-N research. In particular, it describes the benefits of using a concurrent instead of a sequential research design for our research question; it shows how we integrate the findings from the world-wide (large-N) analysis with the analysis of three regional organizations in post-Soviet Eurasia (combining large-N and small-N approaches). It also shows how the theoretical concept of non-democratic regional organizations can be operationalized empirically and presents details on the data that are used.

Proposing a New Approach to the Research on Men’s Organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakim Ben Salah ◽  
Jean-Martin Deslauriers ◽  
René Knüsel
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Fault Lines ◽  
Men's Groups ◽  
Men's Movements

This article describes a study of men’s groups in Switzerland, in which both the official positions of the men’s organizations ( N = 40) as well as the opinions of their members ( N = 324) are examined using a mixed methods research design. This research strategy revealed significant ideological fault lines within the men’s organizations, ranging from explicitly affirmed anti-feminism to radical profeminist positions. At the same time, the mixed methods approach uncovered the existence of a shared view that transcends these fault lines, a view common to all types of men’s organizations. In light of these findings, the methodological approach used in this study is compared with that employed in the landmark studies of men’s movements from the 1990s.

A Mixed Methods Research Strategy to Study Children’s Play and Urban Physical Environments in Dhaka

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Rashed Bhuyan ◽  
Ye Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Children's Play ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Children’S Play ◽  
Play Space

Mixed methods research (MMR) is useful for addressing complex and multidisciplinary urban problems. This article demonstrates an integrated MMR approach with a novel two-phase exploratory sequential design while studying play, play space, and children’s (age 7-15 years) location preference for play in three residential areas in Dhaka. We used directly administered survey and interviews in the first phase to describe play and play space from children’s perspective. Informed by the first, we employed GIS-based spatial and statistical analysis in the second phase to study patterns of children’s location preference for play. Our article contributes to the methodological literature by combining MMR with urban spatial analysis in children’s play environment studies.

scholarly journals Latent Structure of Reflective Learning at the Higher Educational Institution: Mixed Methods Research Results

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Remigijus Bubnys
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
The University

<p><em>The article presents results of the research, conducted using mixed methods research strategy: the reflective learning model as a prerequisite for curriculum development and improvement in university studies. The qualitative study was implemented using unstructured reflections, written by 65 prospective special educators studying at the university. The phenomenological hermeneutical method of data analysis enabled to disclose students’ experiences as preconditions for reflective learning, continuing studies at the university, and reveal impact on changes in personal conceptions, based on reflection of experienced situations. The quantitative study, which was attended by 389 students, aimed to disclose general trends of students’ reflective learning in theoretical and practical studies. Primary and secondary factor analyses enabled to disclose the latent structure of the investigated phenomenon – reflective learning. The constructed reflective learning model, based on prospective special educators’ example, can be described by 7 key dimensions, which can be treated as main trends, seeking improvement of the curriculum, implementing reflective learning at the higher education institution, and development of students’ reflection competency during studies.</em></p><p> </p>

7. Building Your Project

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Tom Clark ◽  
Liam Foster ◽  
Alan Bryman
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Dissertation Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Two Stages

Once students have developed an idea, outlined a rationale for their research, and found the relevant literature, they then need to start mapping out what their project will look like. To do this, they will need to make some decisions about how they will answer their research questions. Research can be approached and conducted in many different ways. Broadly speaking, there are four interrelated stages of building a social science dissertation: research strategy: the type of data under investigation (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods); research design: the framework through which that data will be collected; research methods: the methods associated with collecting the type of data selected; and type of analysis: the techniques through which the data will be analysed. This chapter focuses on the decisions that students can make in relation to the first two stages: research strategy and research design.

scholarly journals Crossover Mixed Analysis in a Convergent Mixed Methods Design Used to Investigate Clinical Dialogues About Cancer Treatment in the Japanese Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taichi Hatta ◽  
Keiichi Narita ◽  
Kazuhiro Yanagihara ◽  
Hiroshi Ishiguro ◽  
Toshinori Murayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Mixed Analysis ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Final Interpretation ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Motivation To Participate

The convergent mixed methods design is a common mixed methods research strategy; however, a challenge arises when data are collected concurrently but not analyzed completely independently due to overlapping research aims or certain styles of reasoning. The aims of this study were to (1) implement a crossover-tracks analysis in a convergent design wherein qualitative and quantitative strands were intertwined and informed each other and (2) examine a working hypothesis about the relationship between temporal change in clinical dialogues to examine the strength of patients’ motivation to participate in a clinical consultation. Using hypothetico-deductive method, the dynamic analytical approach shifted between inductive and deductive approaches. The qualitative and quantitative results were merged, and a joint-display depicted the relation for the final interpretation.

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