Alberto

No, you are not using Mix Methods approach. Mix Methods are using QUAL + QUAN = exploratory MM or QUAN + QUAL = explanatory MM. Using Grounded Theory in your case, you remained into qualitative approach. Gt is an add-on approach in strengthening your findings or outcomes of the study. For example- you conducted focus group interviews and now you using document analysis.

There is quite a bit of disagreement among mixed methods researchers about whether a quantitative analysis of qualitative data is mixed methods. I personally do not think that it is, because true mixed methods would require an integration of qualitative and quantitative results, but there are no qualitative results in that kind content analysis.

I am not convinced that analyzing the same data two different ways resolves this issue, either. If you do want to do so, I am not sure whether grounded theory is the right approach. In particular, full-scale grounded theory requires the merger of data collection and data analysis, while waiting until the data has been completely collected is known as "grounded theory lite."

Instead, it sounds like you are doing two different versions of content analysis: first, a deductive version with a pre-constructed code book, and second, an inductive version that derives the codes from the data. As an alternative, you might consider what is sometimes known as a "hybrid" version where you supplement your original codebook with codes that you develop during the coding process.

Dear Alberto

Very much in agreement with the colleagues who preceded me. Your study is not a mixed methods research. In your case there is one data source and several methods of analysis. A mixed methods study has at least one qualitative and one quantitative source of data, but as important as this is that these qualitative and quantitative strands are integrated into the study, both at the level of objectives and at the level of analysis.

Good luck in your Research!

Jorge