
The Mixed Methods Research Workbook
Activities for Designing, Implementing, and Publishing Projects
Paperback | 5 November 2019 | Edition Number 1
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orEach chapter follows a familiar framework, starting with learning objectives for each piece of the mixed methods process. Readers have ample space in this text to write notes, fill out activities, and begin their process of actively designing and writing up a mixed methods study. This easy-to follow process gives readers an immediate structure to their projects. Exemplar boxes provide a starting framework, with the text encouraging deeper reflection on mixed methods challenges and opportunities. Stories from the field illuminate struggles and suggestions with the benefit of hindsight. Checklists at the end of each chapter help readers stay organized and key resources provide up-to-date lists of material for further study.
From start to finish, readers can follow along with this text as they work on their projects. The text begins by assisting readers in identifying topics and conducting literature reviews in the context of mixed methods, zeroing in to address mixed-methods-specific challenges like integration, leveraging advantages of both qualitative and quantitative methods, and incorporating theory and personal backgrounds. Identifying data sources helps readers organize their data collection. Two chapters on research designs structure the data collection process with procedural diagrams. A unique chapter on mixed methods sampling offers application through basic and advanced designs. The book illustrates integrating and implementing mixed methods designs with practical advice for each of stage of the process. Ethics in a mixed methods context readies readers for the research protocol stage. Several chapters fully explicate the data analysis process, including developing a joint display, a state-of-the-art procedure for analysis and presentation of findings. Closing out the process, the text tackles quality and evaluation in mixed methods studies, preparing your study for publication, and writing up your article.
About the Author
Michael D. Fetters, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., is a professor of family medicine at the University of Michigan (U-M) where he directs the Japanese Family Health Program. In addition, Dr. Fetters pursues the same educational goals as an adjunct professor and consultant to Shiga Medical University in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. An international expert in mixed methods research, Professor Fetters has taught multiple mixed methods workshops domestically and internationally in Canada, Denmark, and Japan. He helped coordinate the first Mixed Methods Conference in Japan in 2013 by serving on the organizing committee and presenting. With Family Medicine Adjunct Professor John W. Creswell, he founded and co-directs the University of Michigan Mixed Methods Research and Scholarship Program. He serves as Editor for the Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Industry Reviews
"Originally, I assigned this book as an optional resource in my mixed methods courses, but the students and I loved it so much that it's now here to stay! The Mixed Methods Research Workbook is a truly excellent source for newcomers and experienced mixed methods researchers alike!" -- Leia K. Cain, Ph.D.
"This workbook is an interesting and useful resource for scholars, graduate students, and individuals with an interest in mixed methods research. Various characteristics and problems of research are introduced through the chapters, which may be useful in the classroom context and the research process as well. Using understandable but professional language supports the reader in understanding the content of the book. I would suggest using it in university and doctoral courses as well as in the professional development of university lecturers." -- Karolina Eszter Kovacs PhD
"This is an excellent resource and reference book by Michael D. Fetters (2020), The Mixed Methods Research Workbook. I will strongly recommend this book to academics, educators, clinicians, researchers, and students who are starting to embark on Mixed Methods research. As a lecturer in health education in higher education, I find this book a great addition to my reading list; it also provided me with some teaching ideas. It offers great and unique advantage in comparison to other textbooks in that it is also a workbook with several practical activities to work on." -- Josephine Morris MSc in Rehab, PGDiP/PGCE BSc, MA LTHE, MCSP; PTRP & Prof Doctorate in Education Candidate
"As a doctoral student, I was struggling with trying to make sense of my dissertation project, which was a complex mixed methods research design and intersecting mixed methods research and social network analysis. It was so hard to make connections among multiple, moving pieces of my mixed methods research project and convince my audience (i.e., committee members). This book helped me be more thoughtful about designing and implementing my dissertation research project through its effective activities and critical and thought-provoking questions.
This is the book that can help you break through your barriers to design, implement, and publish your culminating projects! I highly recommend benefiting from this beneficial resource that helps you organize your thoughts and your research project."
-- Sinem Toraman"One of the most important components of carrying out a mixed methods research project is being able to clearly demonstrate the integration (the mixing of two approaches) as a unique piece that is a major contributing piece for the solution or understanding of a particular research problem or question. This integration goes beyond any one single approach and assists in delving deeper into complex phenomena that multiple approaches may not be able to examine. This textbook /workbook, through its new instructional way of presenting the concepts to novice researchers, permits for the correct implementation of such concepts by assisting the research to follow, minimally, required design steps in the process and carry them out correctly." -- Arturo Olivarez
Mixed Methods Research in Context
Getting to Work
Brief Review of Key Elements of Qualitative Research
Brief Review of Key Elements of Quantitative Research
Feasibility Issues and Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 2: Getting Started: Identifying a Research Topic for a Mixed Methods Project
Identifying Your Research Topic
Translating your ""Idea"" to ""Ink""
Good Research Ideas Come from Stories
Peer Feedback Guidance
Optional Group Debrief
Chapter 3: Conducting a Literature Review for a Mixed Methods Project
Purpose of Your Mixed Methods Research Literature Review
Understanding Different Types of Literature Reviews
Conducting a Focused Literature Review of Your Topic
Getting the Literature Review Right-Sized
Identifying Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Studies
Chapter 4: Incorporating Personal Contexts - Personal Background, Theory and World Views into Mixed Methods Research
Introduction to the ""Personal Contexts"" Concept
Personal and Professional Experience
Theoretical and Conceptual Models
Philosophical Assumptions
Concluding Checklist: Integrating Personal Contexts Across the Personal Background, the Theoretical and the Philosophical
Chapter 5: Developing the Background, Research Objectives and Research Questions for a Mixed Methods Research Project
Developing the Background of Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Projects
Situating the Background in the Context of Field
Developing a Working Title
Summarizing the Overarching Context
Identifying a Problem in the Literature
Creating General Research Goals/Objectives
Crafting the Mixed Methods Research Questions and Hypotheses
Refining the Title of the Mixed Methods Project
Chapter 6: Identifying Data Sources for a Mixed Methods Research Project
What is a Data Sources Table?
Why have a Data Sources Table?
Data Collection Procedures
Elements of a Data Sources Table
How to Complete a Data Sources Table When Using One Data Collection Procedure?
Qualitative Data Sources Table Example - The MPathic-VR Mixed Methods Medical Education Study
Activity: Completing your Qualitative Data Sources Table
Quantitative Data Sources Table Example - The MPathic-VR Mixed Methods Education Study
Activity: Completing Your Quantitative Data Sources Table
Chapter 7: Characteristics of Core Mixed Methods Research Designs and Creating a Procedural Diagram
Getting Started with Choosing a Mixed Methods Design
Spectrum of Fixed and Emergent Mixed Methods Research Designs
Three Core Mixed Methods Designs
Intent and Timing as Elements in Design Naming
How to Choose a Mixed Methods Design
Guidelines for Drawing Procedural Diagrams for Mixed Methods Studies
Convergent Mixed Methods Research Design
Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Research Design
Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Research Design
Chapter 8: Understanding and Creating Procedural Diagrams of Scaffolded Mixed Methods Designs that Expand Upon Core Designs
Mixed Methods Designs Beyond Core Designs
What to Call the Categories of Expanded Mixed Methods Designs
Scaffolded Mixed Methods Designs Defined
Developing a Procedural Diagram of your Scaffolded Mixed Methods Study Design
Steps for Creating a Scaffolded Procedural Diagram from the Beginning
Overview of Seven Workbox Illustrations
1. Fundamentals of General Multistage Framework
2. Fundamentals of Mixed Methods Designs Integrated with Another Methodology
3. Fundamentals of Methods Designs Integrated with Other Designs
4. Fundamentals of Mixed Methods Designs Integrated with a Theoretical/Ideological Framework
Chapter 9: Integrating Through Sampling in Mixed Methods Research
Why Sampling Matters
How to Make Decisions About Sampling
Target Population
Sampling Timing
Sampling Relationships
Incorporating Timing and Sampling Relationships into Specific Mixed Methods Research Designs
Quantitative and Qualitative Sampling Strategies to Incorporate Into Your Mixed Methods Design
Sampling in Quantitative Research
Sampling Strategies Used in Quantitative Data Collection for Mixed Methods Researchers
Sampling Strategies Available for Qualitative Data Collection for Mixed Methods Researchers
Purposeful Sampling Strategies in Qualitative Research
Sampling Opportunities Arising from Organizational Roles and Functions
Sampling Opportunities Based on Geographic Location and Sampling
Chapter 10: Identifying the Intent of Integration and Illustrating Integration Features in Mixed Methods Procedural Diagrams
Context of Integration During Data Collection
Integration Strategies for Use during Data Collection
Data Collection and Analysis Integration Strategies
Integration Procedures for Data Collection in Mixed Methods Designs
Integrating Data Collection Strategies into Mixed Methods Studies
Integration Procedures in Two-Phase Data Collection and Analysis Used in Sequential Designs
Integration Procedures for Data Analysis in Mixed Methods Designs
Activity: Identifying Integration Strategies for Data Analysis in Your Mixed Methods Project
Integration Procedures for Adjunctive Data Collection in Mixed Methods Studies
Add Integration Planning into your Mixed Methods Research Design Figure
Data Collection Integration Strategies for an Explanatory Mixed Methods Research Design
Data Collection and Analysis Integration Strategies for Convergent Mixed Methods Research Design
Chapter 11: Creating an Implementation Matrix for a Mixed Methods Study
What is an Implementation Matrix?
Why Have an Implementation Matrix?
When Can an Implementation Matrix be used?
Developing an Implementation Matrix
Creating a Mixed Methods Implementation Matrix
Chapter 12: Considering Ethical Conduct of Research with Human Subjects and Developing a Mixed Methods Research Protocol
Why is Human Subjects Regulation Compliance Important?
What are Potential Risks to Human Subjects Raised by Participation in a Mixed Methods Research Study?
Discussion of the Language of Human Subjects Versus Human Participants
What are Potential Benefits of Participation in a Mixed Methods Research Study?
What is a Mixed Methods Research Protocol?
Why Have a Mixed Methods Research Protocol?
How to Fill in the Research Protocol?
Chapter 13: Fundamental Steps of Mixed Methods Research Data Analysis
Why Find Commonality Between Your Qualitative and Quantitative Data?
Seven Core Steps in a Mixed Methods Research Analysis
Note on Additional Advanced Mixed Methods Research Data Analysis Options
Resources
Chapter 14: Developing a Joint Display
What is a Joint Display?
Joint Display Analysis
Elements of Joint Display Analysis for a Mixed Methods Research or Evaluation Study
Joint Display Innovations: A Circular Joint Display
Chapter 15: Advances Procedures in Mixed Data Analysis
What are Advanced Integrated Mixed Analysis Procedures?
Why Use Advanced Integrated Mixed Analysis Procedures?
Determining the Need for Advanced Analysis Procedures?
1. Joint Display Analysis
2. Quantitizing - Data Transformation of Qualitative Data into a Quantitative Form for an Integrated Analysis
3. Qualitizing - Data Transformation of Quantitative Data into a Qualitative Format for an Integrated Analysis
4. Qualitative Comparative Analysis
5. Geographic Information System Mapping
6. Social Network Analysis
7. Repertory Grid Analysis
Imitation Game
Other Choices?
Chapter 16: Mixed Methods Research Integrity: Quality Considerations for Your Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Study
Quality and Mixed Methods Research
Three Conceptualizations of Mixed Methods Quality
Mixed Methods Research Integrity
Consideration of the Research Quality Issues Relative to the Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Assessing for Threats to Quality in Qualitative Research: Trustworthiness
Assessing for Threats to Quality in Quantitative Research: Validity, Reliability, Generalizability, Reproducibility and Replicability
Assessing Threats to Quality in the Mixed Methods of Your Research or Evaluation Project
Research Integrity: Quality Assessment in the Methods
Research Integrity: Beyond the Methods
Consideration of Research Integrity Issues from the Methodological Perspective: Johnson and Christensen's Legitimation Framework
A Program Approach to Mixed Methods Quality: O'Cathain's Research and Evaluation Quality
Chapter 17: Preparing for Submission of Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Articles for Publication
Publishing Opportunities When Conducting Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Projects
Should I Write Empirical or Methodological Papers?
Conducting a Project Inventory for Publishing Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Studies
Selecting Target Journals for Submitting Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Studies
Identifying Candidate Journals and Rating them as Submission Destinations
Developing a Comprehensive Publication Plan
Chapter 18: Writing a Mixed Methods Article Using the Hourglass Design Approach
What Are the Publication Formats for Mixed Methods Articles?
Recognizing Your Writing Strengths and Identifying Strategies to Write'Write Early and Write Often
Unique Features and Strategies for Writing a Mixed Methods Title
What is the Hourglass Design for Writing?
Using the Hourglass Model to Write Empirical Mixed Methods Articles
The Mixed Methods Abstract
Using the Hourglass Model of Mixed Methods Writing for the Main Text
Unique Features and Strategies for Writing a Mixed Methods Article or Chapter
Creating an Outline for Your Dissertation or Thesis
ISBN: 9781506393599
ISBN-10: 1506393594
Series: Mixed Methods Research Series
Published: 5th November 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 312
Audience: College, Tertiary and University
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 14 x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.77
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