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Quantitative data can reveal generalizable information for a large
group of people
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Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods
Quantitative Qualitative Mixed Methods
research Methods research Methods Research
Methods
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Quantitative Data Qualitative Data
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1. Collects both quantitative and
qualitative data
2. Mixes them
3. Mixes them at the same time
(concurrently) or one after the other
(sequentially)
4. Emphasizes both equally or equally
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1. When we have both quantitative and qualitative
data
2. When one type of research is not enough to
explain or to answer the question
3. When we want qualitative research to help explain
quantitative findings
4. When we want to generalize findings to a large
population
5. When we want to provide alternative perspectives
in a study
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Can be easy to describe and to report
Can be useful when unexpected results
arise from a prior study
Can help to generalize qualitative data
Helpful in designing and validating an
instrument
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Time required
Discrepancies between different types of
data
Can be difficult to decide when to
proceed in sequential designs
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IDENTICAL IDENTICAL
CONCURRENT SEQUENTIAL
Quantitative and Quantitative and
qualitative data are qualitative data are
collected from same collected from same
people at people in stages
approximately the
same time
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PARALLEL PARALLEL
CONCURRENT SEQUENTIAL
Separate Separate
quantitative and quantitative and
qualitative samples qualitative samples
are selected from are selected from
the same population the same population
and data are and data are
collected at collected from these
approximately the two samples in
same time stages
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NESTED NESTED SEQUENTIAL
CONCURRENT Participants selected
Participants selected from one phase are
from one phase are subset of the
subset of the participants selected
participants selected for the other phase
for the other phase and data are
and data are collected from these
collected at samples in stages
approximately the
same time
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MULTI LEVEL MULTI LEVEL
CONCURRENT SEQUENTIAL
Quantitative and Quantitative and
qualitative samples qualitative samples
are selected from are selected from
different levels of a different levels of a
population and data population and data
are collected at are collected from
approximately the these two samples in
same time stages
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