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esearchers collect data in a mixed methods study to address the research questions or hypotheses. The data collection procedure needs to fit the type of mixed methods design in the study. This requires using procedures drawn from concurrent forms of data collection, in which both the quantitative and qualitative data are collected concurrently, or from the sequential forms of data collection, in which one type of data is collected and analyzed prior to a second data collection. Issues develop during both of these approaches that the investigator must address. However, before discussing the mixed methods data collection procedures, we will begin with a review of the basic elements of both quantitative and qualitative data collection within a process approach to research.
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• The procedures for quantitative and qualitative data collection in a research study
• Mixed methods data collection procedures for the mixed methods designs based on concurrent and sequential forms of data collection 110
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PROCEDURES IN QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
When researchers think about data collection, they often turn to the specific types of data collection and the procedures for collecting that data. We believe that there are some phases to the process of data collection that, in combination, comprise the data collection step in research. As shown in
Table 6.1, these phases are the sampling procedures, permissions, types of information collected, forms for recording the data, and the activities involved in administering the data collection. Each phase will be discussed individually for both qualitative and quantitative data collection as a review prior to
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CHAPTER
8:59 PM
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COLLECTING DATA
IN MIXED METHODS
RESEARCH
R
esearchers collect data in a mixed methods study to address the research questions or hypotheses. The data collection procedure needs to fit the type of mixed methods design in the study. This requires using procedures drawn from concurrent forms of data collection, in which both the quantitative and qualitative data are collected concurrently, or from the sequential forms of data collection, in which one type of data is collected and analyzed prior to a second data collection. Issues develop during both of these approaches that the investigator must address. However, before discussing the mixed methods data collection procedures, we will begin with a review of the basic elements of both quantitative and qualitative data collection within a process approach to research.
This chapter will address
• The procedures for quantitative and qualitative data collection in a research study
• Mixed methods data collection procedures for the mixed methods designs based on concurrent and sequential forms of data collection 110
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Page 111
Collecting Data in Mixed Methods Research– ●–111
PROCEDURES IN QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
When researchers think about data collection, they often turn to the specific types of data collection and the procedures for collecting that data. We believe that there are some phases to the process of data collection that, in combination, comprise the data collection step in research. As shown in
Table 6.1, these phases are the sampling procedures, permissions, types of information collected, forms for recording the data, and the activities involved in administering the data collection. Each phase will be discussed individually for both qualitative and quantitative data collection as a review prior to