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.

A Mixed Methods Study of K–12 Influences on College Participation for Students With Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Elisabeth L. Kutscher ◽  
Elizabeth D. Tuckwiller
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
College Participation ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Education Participation ◽  
Transformative Mixed Methods ◽  
K 12

This study investigated K–12 experiences individuals with disabilities perceived as influencing their transition to and participation in postsecondary education. Using a convergent transformative mixed methods research design, the study integrated findings from interviews and surveys ( n = 13) using multiple correspondence analysis. Qualitative analyses yielded eight K–12 facilitators of postsecondary education participation. Quantitative results showed participants reported access to at least one previously identified high school predictor, high levels of self-determination, and neutral identification with a disability community. Finally, integrated findings revealed that endorsement of facilitators was associated with experiencing a challenging transition to postsecondary education. Research and practice implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Modeling the Use of Mixed Methods–Grounded Theory: Developing Scales for a New Measurement Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle C. Howell Smith ◽  
Wayne A. Babchuk ◽  
Jared Stevens ◽  
Amanda L. Garrett ◽  
Sherry C. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Mixed methods–grounded theory (MM–GT) has emerged as a promising methodology that intersects the value of mixed methods with rigorous qualitative design. However, recent reviews have found that MM–GT empirical studies tend to lack procedural details. The purpose of this article is to apply the “best practices” for conducting MM–GT in a study designed to develop and then test a theoretical model for how undergraduate engineering students develop interest in the engineering PhD. This study contributes to the field of mixed methods research by (a) illustrating best practices for MM–GT, (b) providing an MM–GT scale development example, (c) demonstrating how an MM-GT scale could potentially bypass exploratory factor analysis and proceed directly to confirmatory factor analysis for testing psychometric properties, and showing how a joint display for data collection planning can be used to strengthen integration in an instrument development study.

scholarly journals Phenomena of Cultural Intelligence in Pennsylvania Libraries: A Research Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-36
Author(s):  
Michele A. L. Villagran
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Intelligence Assessment ◽  
Library Professionals

This article describes a mixed methods research study of current Pennsylvania librarians to understand the phenomena of cultural intelligence within Pennsylvania libraries. The researcher surveyed Pennsylvania Library Association membership in September 2019. Survey participants took a cultural intelligence assessment, responded to qualitative questions, and addressed demographic questions. Overall, participants had varying levels of cultural intelligence, felt that cultural intelligence was important to their organizations and found value in its application. The results can inform library professionals and human resources about the importance of incorporation of cultural intelligence within everyday practices and communication with staff within libraries. Developing cultural intelligence through training and other activities will also impact the communities in which we serve. Best practices with cultural intelligence should be recorded and shared with other Pennsylvania libraries.

scholarly journals Leveraging an Integrated Visual Display for Case-Based Analysis in Mixed Method Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110590
Author(s):  
Elizabeth G. Creamer
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Analytical Strategy ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Case Based

A case-based visual display can serve as method for analysis in mixed method research. This methodological article builds an argument for the role that a matrix, diagram, table, or figure can play when used interactively to generate, elaborate, or confirm analytical insight in a case-based analysis in mixed methods research. The article provides an in-depth exploration of two visual methods: timelining and mapping. Timelining adds dimensionality through investigating a temporal sequence, while a mapping activity can do the same with the understanding of physical locations. Both types of visual displays can enhance validity by providing a way to engage qualitative and quantitative data iteratively and dialectically during analysis. The necessity to pursue dissonance that often arises from integrating qualitative and quantitative results is one signal of the complexity of the examples reviewed. The examples support the argument that a visual display that integrates data from different sources iteratively and dialectically is an analytical strategy unique to mixed methods.

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.

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.

scholarly journals Mixed methods research in service-learning: an integrative systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Camilli Trujillo ◽  
Laura Cuervo Calvo ◽  
Desirée García Gil ◽  
Carolina Bonastre Valles
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Sufficient Detail ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
New Research ◽  
Alternative Designs

AbstractIn view of the challenges involved in designing a study of Mixed Methods (MM), as well as the problematics inherent in studying Service-Learning (S-L) from new research perspectives, and considering the lack of systematic reviews of MM in S-L, this study proposes to analyse the use of MM research to evaluate S-L through a systematic integrative review of scientific papers published in international databases (ERIC, DIALNET, SCOPUS, and Web of Science) using the terms ‘mixed methods research’ and ‘service-learning’. The contextual and methodological variables were analysed descriptively and inferentially using Excel and Stata programs. Moreover, 149 predefined codes were created and analysed using the qualitative program Atlas.ti to identify which terms associated with the research methodology were used most frequently in relation to the MM for S-L methodology, and how and why they were used. Of the 192 papers found, only 93 met the inclusion criteria. The results show that very few investigations specify the MM they used in sufficient detail. Only 28% provide information to estimate the effect size, suggest interventions based on S-L, and collect measures for post-intervention evaluation. This demonstrates that the relationship between MM and stages of the S-L are not complemented in the methodological design. The results demonstrated that researchers should continue working with MM in S-L for the integration of qualitative and quantitative results. This research can be a methodological guide for professionals and academics who want to investigate MM in S-L because it identifies methodological deficiencies and strengths and offers and alternative designs to evaluate the service.

scholarly journals Measure Twice and Cut Once: A Review of Clark and Creswell’s Mixed Methods Reader

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Terrell
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
To Come

The Mixed Methods Reader is an edited book that presents the reader with a synthesized introduction to the philosophy, history, methodology and practice of mixed methods research. The first section presents the reader with a series of 14 foundational articles, with a second section presenting nine carefully chosen exemplar articles demonstrating best practices in the field. The editors did a remarkable job in combining theory and application with the inclusion of a framework throughout the text which includes discussion questions, visual diagrams and introductory comments for each article. This creates a synthesis and ease of use that guarantees this text to be a classic for years to come.

Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in Health Sciences

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Creswell ◽  
Ann Carroll Klassen ◽  
Vicki L. Plano Clark ◽  
Katherine Clegg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Health Sciences
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