Mixed-Method (Qualitative and Quantitative) appropriate tool/statistical tool to use
Identification of the appropriate tools/statistical tool to any research study that fall under mixed-method depends on the objective of the studies.
These references might be useful:
Sandelowski, Margarete. "Combining qualitative and quantitative sampling, data collection, and analysis techniques in mixed‐method studies." Research in nursing & health 23.3 (2000): 246-255.
Palinkas, Lawrence A., et al. "Purposeful sampling for qualitative data collection and analysis in mixed method implementation research." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 42.5 (2015): 533-544.
Hi Mark,
the analysis for your study comes after you identify your research design. there are different types of mix method research. it can be exploratory or explanatory which determines the sequence of qual and quant approaches. also relevant is the weight you give to qual and quant data collection.
say, if you follow a sequential exploratory study, a the qual part is holds greater importance than quant and comes first.
once your data collection is done, if you have collected qual data by interview method, a good tool for content analysis is Atlas.ti. apart from that, content analysis can also be done through NVivo.
if you have collected quant data through survey, SPSS is an excellent statistical tool. apart from SPSS, you can also use Minitab or R, depending on your ease of learning.
hope this helps. all the best
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