ERIC Number: EJ1231528
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 19
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Integrating and Consolidating Data in Mixed Methods Data Analysis: Examples from Focus Group Data with Children
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, v13 n4 p536-554 Oct 2019
The challenge in data analysis often lies in accounting for the multidimensionality and complexity of the data while simultaneously discovering patterns. Integrating and consolidating different types of data during analysis can broaden the perspective and permit obtaining complementary views. This methodological research study on data collection illustrates how one type of data collection generates different types of data, which can be linked and consolidated to reach a better understanding of the topic. Procedures and practicalities are illustrated to offer a good practice example for data integration and consolidation. With the methodological reflection of research practice, I evaluate the consequences for the field of mixed methods research, in which the practicalities of an integrated mixed analysis still need to be elaborated.
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Data Analysis, Focus Groups, Children, Data Collection, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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