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How to Construct a Mixed Methods Research Design

Overview of attention for article published in KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, July 2017
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Title
How to Construct a Mixed Methods Research Design
Published in
KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, July 2017
DOI 10.1007/s11577-017-0454-1
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Authors

Judith Schoonenboom, R. Burke Johnson

Abstract

This article provides researchers with knowledge of how to design a high quality mixed methods research study. To design a mixed study, researchers must understand and carefully consider each of the dimensions of mixed methods design, and always keep an eye on the issue of validity. We explain the seven major design dimensions: purpose, theoretical drive, timing (simultaneity and dependency), point of integration, typological versus interactive design approaches, planned versus emergent design, and design complexity. There also are multiple secondary dimensions that need to be considered during the design process. We explain ten secondary dimensions of design to be considered for each research study. We also provide two case studies showing how the mixed designs were constructed.

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Unknown 2328 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 366 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 315 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 158 7%
Student > Bachelor 153 7%
Lecturer 119 5%
Other 407 17%
Unknown 810 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 238 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 186 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 174 7%
Psychology 156 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 120 5%
Other 601 26%
Unknown 853 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 93. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 March 2024.
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