Methodological Rigor in Mixed Methods: An Application in Management Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Harrison ◽  
Timothy M. Reilly ◽  
John W. Creswell
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Literature Base ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In ◽  
Current Practices

As mixed methods continues to grow as a discipline, work to define what constitutes quality mixed methods research has become an emergent conversation. While progress has been made in this area, there has been some debate as to what quality entails and how to achieve it. This article contributes to mixed methods by highlighting the importance of rigor as an interdisciplinary baseline for quality evaluation and proposes a rigorous mixed methods framework. This framework is then applied to the management studies literature to give insight into a literature base where mixed methods research is still relatively nascent. Findings give examples of current practices in management studies as well as an example of how the rigorous mixed methods framework can be operationalized.

Conducting Mixed Methods Research Systematic Methodological Reviews: A Review of Practice and Recommendations

2020 ◽  
pp. 155868982096762
Author(s):  
Michelle C. Howell Smith ◽  
Pamela Shanahan Bazis
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Current Practices

Mixed methods research (MMR) methodologists research the use of MMR by conducting systematic methodological reviews (SMR). Unfortunately, there is little guidance on how to conduct these types of reviews. This MMR-SMR of MMR-SMRs identifies a comprehensive pool of published MMR-SMRs ( n = 80), isolating best practices that will guide future reviews thereby increasing their quality and utility to the field of MMR. We summarize our quantitative codes descriptively and integrate the qualitative themes alongside the relevant quantitative results. We contribute to the field mixed methods research by identifying potential topics for future MMR-SMR, summarizing current practices in writing MMR-SMRs, and providing recommendations to consider when publishing future MMR-SMR.

scholarly journals A Procedure for Implementing Exploratory Mixed Methods Research into Dry Port Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagan Jeevan ◽  
Yapa Mahinda Bandara ◽  
Nurul Haqimin Mohd Saleh ◽  
Abdul Hafaz Ngah ◽  
Rudiah Hanafiah
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
High Level ◽  
Alternative Designs ◽  
Insight Into

Qualitative approach has become the main method of exploring significant dimensions in dry port research.Quantitative approach has also been employed to examine empirical evidence in this research area. The application of mixed methods has been proposed in the dry port research to provide a multidimensional insight into seaport research issues. This paper provides guidance on mixed method application in dry port research and demonstrates that the implementation of mixed methods research is capable of providing comprehensive results by integrating qualitative and quantitative results in a single research. The availability of different dimensions and alternative designs lends this approach wide applicability, facilitating the production of valid and reliable outcomes and ensuring high level of generalizability of dry port research.

Triangulation

2021 ◽  
pp. 292-296
Author(s):  
Jean-Frédéric Morin ◽  
Christian Olsson ◽  
Ece Özlem Atikcan
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Consensual Definition ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter looks at triangulation, which is classically defined as looking at one research object from different perspectives. However, this large and consensual definition masks different approaches to triangulation and ignores its historical evolution since its emergence in social sciences literature. To gain a better insight into its current definitions, the chapter first proposes a brief historical overview and highlight its different meanings. It then illustrates how triangulation can be used in a research design in order to gain extra knowledge. Finally, the chapter talks about mixed-methods research and its relationship with triangulation. In the context of the tensions opposing qualitative and quantitative research, triangulation is used by mixed-methods research to justify that qualitative and quantitative methods should systematically be articulated.

Mixed-methods research in interpreting studies

Interpreting ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Han
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Inference Making ◽  
Form Complex ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Interpreting Studies (IS) has emerged as an interdisciplinary enterprise, using a diverse array of research methods derived from postpositivist and constructivist paradigms to investigate interpreting/translational phenomena. Mixed-methods research (MMR), which should enable both Erklärung (explanation) and Verstehen (understanding), has for some years been gaining momentum in IS (Hild 2015; Pöchhacker 2011). This article draws upon a collection of 312 empirical studies, sampled from 36 peer-reviewed T&I journals (2004‒2014), to provide insight into the practice of MMR in IS. The focus is on rationales, MMR designs and associated characteristics. Major findings are: (a) although over one third (36.2%, n = 113) of the empirical studies used MMR designs, explicit justification for doing so was lacking; (b) the four prototypical MMR designs identified, accounting for 60.2% of the 113 MMR studies, were parallel, sequential, conversion and Survey (Qual & Quan); (c) the prototype designs were innovatively combined by researchers, using addition, substitution, and embedment techniques, to form complex MMR variants suitable for the specificities of different research questions. These findings are discussed in relation to inference making and compared with MMR practice in cognate disciplines. Finally, the article provides a set of suggestions for writing and publishing MMR studies in IS.

Ethics and Reflexivity in Mixed Methods Research: An Examination of Current Practices and a Call for Further Discussion

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. K. Cain ◽  
◽  
A. L. MacDonald ◽  
J. M. Coker ◽  
J. C. Velasco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Current Practices

scholarly journals MIXED METHODS APPRAISAL TOOL: STRENGTHENING THE METHODOLOGICAL RIGOR OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCH STUDIES IN NURSING

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Lucas Campos de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães ◽  
Laura Misue Matsuda ◽  
José Luís Guedes dos Santos ◽  
Rafaella Queiroga Souto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Appraisal Tool ◽  
Research Studies

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the use of the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool to appraise and to strengthen the methodological rigor of mixed methods studies in nursing. Method: a theoretical essay was used to describe the application of Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool to support the development and assessment of mixed methods research in nursing. Four mixed methods articles in nursing were purposely chosen and evaluated based on the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool criteria. Results: Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool is a tool for evaluating primary mixed methods studies based on five evaluation criteria: 1) justification for adopting mixed methods methodology; 2) integration between the quantitative and qualitative components; 3) interpretation of integrated findings of quantitative and qualitative data; 4) presentation of divergences between quantitative and qualitative results; and 5) compliance with the methodological rigor of each individual approach in mixed methods research. Conclusion: Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool is an instrumental resource that can be used to appraise mixed methods research and strengthen the methodological rigor in planning and conducting future mixed studies in nursing research.

The Value of Mixed Methods Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney A. McKim
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Explanatory Mixed Methods ◽  
Literature Base ◽  
Qualitative Phase

The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods study was to examine the perceived value of mixed methods research for graduate students. The quantitative phase was an experiment examining the effect of a passage’s methodology on students’ perceived value. Results indicated students scored the mixed methods passage as more valuable than those who scored the quantitative or qualitative passage. The qualitative phase involved focus groups to better understand students’ perceptions of the perceived value of mixed methods. Findings suggested graduate students view mixed methods passages as having rigorous methods, a newer history, and providing a deeper meaning of the phenomenon. This study adds to the literature base by revealing what value graduate students assign to quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.

Will Love Tear Us Apart: Adapting the Lyrical to the Ludic

CounterText ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Gordon Calleja
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Lyrical Poetry ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

This paper gives an insight into the design process of a game adaptation of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980). It outlines the challenges faced in attempting to reconcile the diverging qualities of lyrical poetry and digital games. In so doing, the paper examines the design decisions made in every segment of the game with a particular focus on the tension between the core concerns of the lyrical work being adapted and established tenets of game design.

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