Mixed Methods Data Analysis

Dr. Ayaz Muhammad Khan

Director Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore Pakistan
Email: ayaz@ue.edu.pk
 Outline Chapter # 8

Mixed Methods Data Analysis

• Thinking about mixed methods data analysis.
• Mixed methods data analysis strategies.
• Mixed methods data analysis exemplars.
 MIXED METHOD RESEARCH

• There are fundamental differences between qualitative and quantitative methods

• Each of them has strengths and weaknesses

• Both can be used in a single study to adequately address a research problem

 TYPES OF MIXED METHODS
DESIGN
Sequential Designs
 Sequential Explanatory Design
Sequential Exploratory Design
Sequential Transformative Design
Concurrent Designs
Concurrent Triangulation Design
 Concurrent Nested Design
 Concurrent Transformative Design

(Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutmann, & Hanson, 2003)

 METHODOLOGICAL RATIONALE OF MIXED METHODS DESIGN

1. Triangulation  Why do you plan to use both qualitative and

2. Complementarity quantitative methods in your study?
 Why do you plan to use more than one data
3. Development
collection strategy?
4. Expansion  Why do you plan to collect both qualitative and
5. Initiation quantitative data?
 What are the use of the qualitative and quantitative
data or findings in your study?

(Plano Clark, & Creswell, 2008)

1. Triangulation Using different methods to address the same phenomenon.
“Seeks convergence, corroboration, correspondence of results from the different methods”
This rationale is associated with: Concurrent Triangulation Design.

2. Complementarity Using different methods to address the different parts of a phenomenon.

“Seeks elaboration, enhancement, illustration, [and] clarification of results...”
This rationale is associated with:
• Sequential Explanatory Design
• Sequential Exploratory Design
• Sequential Transformative Design
• Concurrent Nested Design
• Concurrent Transformative Design
3. Development Using the results of one method to inform the other method

“Seeks to use the results from one method to help develop or inform the other method...”
This rationale is associated with:
• Sequential Exploratory Design
• Sequential Transformative Design
4. Expansion Using different methods to address the different parts of a phenomenon
“Seeks to extend the breadth and range of inquiry...”
This rationale is associated with:
• Sequential Exploratory Design
• Sequential Transformative Design
• Concurrent Nested Design
• Concurrent Transformative Design
5. Initiation Looking for contradictory results and using different methods to collect data
to explain the discrepancy
“Seeks for discovery of paradox and contradiction, new perspectives of frameworks...”
This rationale is associated with:
• Concurrent Nested Design
• Concurrent Transformative Design
Determining an
Appropriate
Mixed Methods
Design
THINKING ABOUT MIXED METHODS DATA ANALYSIS
MIXED METHODS
DATA ANALYSIS
STRATEGIES
 MIXED METHODS DATA ANALYSIS
EXEMPLARS
MM Exemplars- The techniques for mixed methods data combination
and analysis. Data combination and analysis techniques are presented
using the following approaches:
• mixed methods event analysis,
• concurrent-mixed analysis for complementarity and completeness, and
• concurrent nested analysis to provide a broader understanding of
phenomena and enrich the description of participants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUMpJ0gmLU
As you have developed your synopsis & as PhD
scholar you proposed mixed method research
design for your study.
Prepare & report your plan for data analysis.