What is it about?
This articles demonstrates how confidence in quality can be embedded in mixed method research by carrying forward a conceptual or theoretical framework across a series of visual displays. This includes joint displays that document the link between the theoretical perspective and design elements and those that trace its link to findings.
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Why is it important?
Most of the methodological literature about mixed methods is framed by a design orientation where the choice of a one of the basic set of designs is equated with quality. This article shifts attention to a different orientation that can have broader appeal in disciplines like psychology where a theoretical framework is instrumental to judgments about quality.
Perspectives
Many qualitative researchers are uneasy about the potential for a conceptual or theoretical model or framework to impose a deductive, hypotheses-testing mindset and to reinforce a confirmatory bias. The examples incorporated in this article demonstrate that mixed method researchers are capable of juggling an exploratory and confirmatory mindset and can generate new insight even when emptying a pre-existing framework.
Professor Emerita Elizabeth Greene Creamer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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This page is a summary of: Building theoretical insight through joint displays in mixed methods research., School Psychology, October 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000574.
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