Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling, Data Collection, and Analysis Techniques in Mixed-Method Studies

Researchers have increasingly turned to mixed‐method techniques to expand the scope and improve the analytic power of their studies. Yet there is still relatively little direction on and much confusion about how to combine qualitative and quantitative techniques. These techniques are neither paradig...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Research in nursing & health Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 246 - 255
Main Author: Sandelowski, Margarete
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2000
Subjects:
combination studies
data analysis
data collection
Data Collection - methods
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Humans
mixed-method studies
Nursing Research - methods
Nursing Research - statistics & numerical data
qualitative and quantitative research
Research Design
sampling
triangulation
ISSN:0160-6891, 1098-240X
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Researchers have increasingly turned to mixed‐method techniques to expand the scope and improve the analytic power of their studies. Yet there is still relatively little direction on and much confusion about how to combine qualitative and quantitative techniques. These techniques are neither paradigm‐ nor method‐linked; researchers' orientations to inquiry and their methodological commitments will influence how they use them. Examples of sampling combinations include criterion sampling from instrument scores, random purposeful sampling, and stratified purposeful sampling. Examples of data collection combinations include the use of instruments for fuller qualitative description, for validation, as guides for purposeful sampling, and as elicitation devices in interviews. Examples of data analysis combinations include interpretively linking qualitative and quantitative data sets and the transformation processes of qualitizing and quantitizing. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Res Nurs & Health 23:246–255, 2000
Bibliography:istex:FA8AFBA811E6380D8859875CB39AE5452A8CF5F3
ark:/67375/WNG-J35FVQFD-S
ArticleID:NUR9
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
ObjectType-Review-3
content type line 23
ISSN:0160-6891
1098-240X
DOI:10.1002/1098-240X(200006)23:3<246::AID-NUR9>3.0.CO;2-H