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Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Mixed Methods Research: How To and Why Not

Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This study assesses the utility of mixed methods designs that integrate qualitative and quantitative data through a transformative process. Two strategies for collecting qualitative and quantitative datasets are described, and processes by which they can be merged are presented in detail. Some of the benefits of mixed methods designs are summarized and the shortcomings and challenges inherent in quantitizing qualitative data in mixed methods research are delineated.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2148682171
FWCI: 14.74
Cites: 20
Cited by: 460
Related to: 10