Mixed methods
research designs
Ms. Aniekie Motloutsi
Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods
Design
• Is an efficient and popular approach to mixing
methods research
• Two different approaches namely qualitative
and quantitative methods are mixed to obtain
the triangulated results in this design
• Two types of data sets are collected
concurrently, and secondly, they are analysed
independently using quantitative and
qualitative analytical approaches
Explanatory Sequential Design
Occurs in two distinct
interactive phases, beginning
with the collection and
In this design, a researcher
analysis of the quantitative
follows up on a specific
data to expand the first
quantitative finding and
phase’s quantitative results
explains it with the
followed by the designing of
qualitative data
the second, qualitative phase
based on the quantitative
findings.
Is a three-phase study in which a
researcher works from the constructivist
Explorator principle
y First phase, a researcher explores an issue
Sequential in-depth, and as they reach the second
phase, they shift to the post-positivist
Design principle to identify and measure the
variable and statistical trend
In this design, at first, the qualitative data
are gathered and analysed, and later
quantitative data are collected and tested.
Are to address different
questions that call for different
methods, enhance an experiment
such as by improving recruitment
procedures, examining the
intervention process, and explain
Embedded reactions to the participation.
design
It fits a team approach well and
may be able to publish results
separately.
is a research design that entails
collecting and analysing data
using both qualitative and
quantitative methods with the
purpose of achieving a
Transformati transformative understanding of
ve Mixed the research question.
methods It is based on the idea that the
Design research process itself can be
transformative, and that the
research findings can have a
transformative effect on the
individuals or society being
studied
• It is a research design
that takes on collecting
and analysing data using
both qualitative and
quantitative methods in
multiple phases.
Multi-phase • Its goal is to provide a
more complete and
Mixed Design accurate understanding
of the research question
by collecting and
analysing data from
both qualitative and
quantitative sources in
multiple phases
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