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Strengths and Weaknesses of Mixed Research (12/11/17 17:21-17:32,…
Strengths and Weaknesses of Mixed Research
12/11/17 17:21-17:32
Strengths
Weaknesses
Words, pictures, and narrative can be used to add meaning to numbers.
Numbers can be used to add precision to words, pictures, and narrative.
Can provide quantitative and qualitative research strengths (i.e., see strengths listed in Tables 3 and 4).
Researcher can generate and test a grounded theory.
Can answer a broader and more complete range of research questions because the researcher is not confined to a single method or approach.
The specific mixed research designs discussed in this article have specific strengths and weaknesses that should be considered (e.g., in a two-stage sequential design, the Stage 1 results can be used to develop and inform the purpose and design of the Stage 2 component).
A researcher can use the strengths of an additional method to overcome the weaknesses in another method by using both in a research study.
Can provide stronger evidence for a conclusion through convergence and corroboration of findings.
Can add insights and understanding that might be missed when only a single method is used.
Can be used to increase the generalizability of the results.
Qualitative and quantitative research used together produce more complete knowledge necessary to inform theory and practice.
Can be difficult for a single researcher to carry out both qualitative and quantitative research, especially if two or more approaches are expected to be used concurrently; it may require a research team.
Researcher has to learn about multiple methods and approaches and understand how to mix them appropriately.
Methodological purists contend that one should always work within either a qualitative or a quantitative paradigm.
More expensive.
More time consuming.
Some of the details of mixed research remain to be worked out fully by research methodologists (e.g., problems of paradigm mixing, how to qualitatively analyze quantitative data, how to interpret conflicting results).