MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?

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Annual of social work, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2017.

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https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?

Ivana Sekol ; Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Ivana Maurović ; Department of Behavioral Disorders, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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APA 6th Edition

Sekol, I. & Maurović, I. (2017). MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?. Ljetopis socijalnog rada, 24 (1), 7-32. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

MLA 8th Edition

Sekol, Ivana and Ivana Maurović. "MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?." Ljetopis socijalnog rada, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 7-32. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

Chicago 17th Edition

Sekol, Ivana and Ivana Maurović. "MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?." Ljetopis socijalnog rada 24, no. 1 (2017): 7-32. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

Harvard

Sekol, I., and Maurović, I. (2017). 'MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?', Ljetopis socijalnog rada, 24(1), pp. 7-32. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

Vancouver

Sekol I, Maurović I. MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?. Ljetopis socijalnog rada [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2025 January 02];24(1):7-32. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

IEEE

I. Sekol and I. Maurović, "MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXING METHODS OR METHODOLOGY?", Ljetopis socijalnog rada, vol.24, no. 1, pp. 7-32, 2017. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v24i1.147

Abstract

While in the western world the mixed-methods approach in social sciences is becoming more popular, in Croatian social sciences mixed methods research is still scarce. This is probably due to the complexity of mixed-methods research and numerous questions related to it. The most common questions that researchers need to answer prior to conducting a mixed methods study are: 1) will my research mix methods or methodologies?, 2) if it will mix methodologies, and not only methods, which paradigm(s) and research design will I use?, and 3) is it at all possible to combine inherently different paradigms?
The main aim of this paper is to examine whether there is a strategy to simplify the way the existing literature describes numerous possibilities of combining qualitative and quantitative research – especially in terms of the type of mix-method research and whether each type mixes methods or methodologies. Following a literature review on the characteristics of mixed-methods approach, types of mix-method design and paradigmatic challenges, this paper proposes a simplified model of the existing possibilities for combining qualitative and quantitative research. The model argues that, depending on their research questions, all mixed-methods attempts can be divided into one of the two main categories: one that mixes methods, and the other that mixes methodologies. The proposed model offers a straightforward tool for planning a mixed-methods research.

Keywords

mix method approach; combining; methods; methodologies

Hrčak ID:

185287

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/185287

Publication date:

26.7.2017.

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