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Research Methodologies

Learn about qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research.

Overview

In research using mixed methods:

Results will report both qualitative and quantitative data in a single study
Qualitative and quantitative data are meaningfully integrated
Quantitative data must undergo advanced statistical analysis

Collecting multiple types of the same type of data (i.e., multiple types of qualitative data) is not mixed methods.

Search Strategies

Try any of these keywords with your topic:

mixed methods
quantitative AND qualitative

Example search using text: quantitative AND qualitative AND data.

Example Articles

Blizzard, A., Weiss, C., Wideman, R., & Stephan, S. (2016). Caregiver perspectives during the post inpatient hospital transition: A mixed methods approach. Child & Youth Care Forum, 45(5), 759–780.

Article abstract with "quantitative" and "qualitative" highlighted to indicate that both methodologies were used.

Benoit, C., Westfall, R., Treloar, A. E. B., Phillips, R., & Jansson, S. M. (2007). Social factors linked to postpartum depression: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. Journal of Mental Health, 16(6), 719–730.

Article abstract with "mixed-methods research" highlighted to indicate research methodology.

Wheat, C. A., Yan Sun, Wedgworth, J. C., & Hocutt, M. M. (2018). Active university teaching and engaged student learning: A mixed methods approach. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, 18(4), 28–50.

Article abstract with "quantitative and qualitative data" highlighted to indicate that both types of data were collected.

Last Updated: Jan 27, 2025 10:38 AM
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