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Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in Health Sciences: (566732013-001)

About: The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 577 citations till now.
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TL;DR: The fit of integration describes the extent the qualitative and quantitative findings cohere and can help health services researchers leverage the strengths of mixed methods.
Abstract: Mixed methods research offers powerful tools for investigating complex processes and systems in health and health care. This article describes integration principles and practices at three levels in mixed methods research and provides illustrative examples. Integration at the study design level occurs through three basic mixed method designs—exploratory sequential, explanatory sequential, and convergent—and through four advanced frameworks—multistage, intervention, case study, and participatory. Integration at the methods level occurs through four approaches. In connecting, one database links to the other through sampling. With building, one database informs the data collection approach of the other. When merging, the two databases are brought together for analysis. With embedding, data collection and analysis link at multiple points. Integration at the interpretation and reporting level occurs through narrative, data transformation, and joint display. The fit of integration describes the extent the qualitative and quantitative findings cohere. Understanding these principles and practices of integration can help health services researchers leverage the strengths of mixed methods.

2,165 citations


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  • ...…interest in mixed methods research, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Institutes of Health recently developed for researchers and grant reviewers the first best practices guideline on mixed methods research from the National Institutes of Health (Creswell et al. 2011)....

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  • ...Integration at the Methods Level Creswell and Plano Clark conceptualize integration to occur through linking the methods of data collection and analysis (Creswell et al. 2011)....

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TL;DR: The epistemological background for mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews is presented and the main types of mixed methodsResearch designs and techniques as well as guidance for planning, conducting, and appraising mixed method research are presented.
Abstract: This article provides an overview of mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews. These two approaches are used to combine the strengths of quantitative and qualitative methods and to compensate for their respective limitations. This article is structured in three main parts. First, the epistemological background for mixed methods will be presented. Afterward, we present the main types of mixed methods research designs and techniques as well as guidance for planning, conducting, and appraising mixed methods research. In the last part, we describe the main types of mixed studies reviews and provide a tool kit and examples. Future research needs to offer guidance for assessing mixed methods research and reporting mixed studies reviews, among other challenges.

897 citations

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14 Jan 2010
TL;DR: A Qualitative Approach to Mixed Methods Design, Analysis, Interpretation, Writing Up, and Validity as discussed by the authors is a qualitative approach to mixed method design, analysis, interpretation, writing up, and validation.
Abstract: 1 Introduction to Mixed Methods Research 2 Formulating Questions, Conducting a Literature Review, Sampling Design, and the Centrality of Ethics in Mixed Methods Research 3 A Qualitative Approach to Mixed Methods Design, Analysis, Interpretation, Writing Up, and Validity 4 Interpretative Approaches to Mixed Methods Research 5 Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research 6 C Kelly, Postmodernist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research 7 Putting It Together: Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Research Praxis 8 Conclusion: The Prospects and Challenges of Mixed Methods Praxis

531 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that attention to respondent validation is a significant issue for methodological debate and that it should be an important aspect of the development of democratic participation in MMR.
Abstract: Over the past 10 years or so the “Field” of “Mixed Methods Research” (MMR) has increasingly been exerting itself as something separate, novel, and significant, with some advocates claiming paradigmatic status. Triangulation is an important component of mixed methods designs. Triangulation has its origins in attempts to validate research findings by generating and comparing different sorts of data, and different respondents’ perspectives, on the topic under investigation. Respondent validation has sometimes been included in such processes, but it is an element that has not attracted significant attention from the MMR community. The article argues that attention to respondent validation is a significant issue for methodological debate and that it should be an important aspect of the development of democratic participation in MMR.

358 citations

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TL;DR: The frequency of mixed methods in published health services research articles is described and the presence of methodological components indicative of rigorous approaches across mixed methods, qualitative, and quantitative articles is compared.
Abstract: Objectives Methodologically sound mixed methods research can improve our understanding of health services by providing a more comprehensive picture of health services than either method can alone. This study describes the frequency of mixed methods in published health services research and compares the presence of methodological components indicative of rigorous approaches across mixed methods, qualitative, and quantitative articles.

337 citations