I have conducted open ended surveys for which the responses I am analysing qualitatively/thematically. There are some questions in the survey which are yes/no answers that then follow up with a further question asking for further expansion and detail on it. My question is twofold, should I conduct descriptive statistical analysis on these yes/no, gender etc questions, or should I focus on the qualitative theme analysis? And if I do conduct descriptive statistics should I call my method "mixed" and include the SPSS outputs in my results section, because I will not be running any inferential tests.
My issue is that I will not be using the descriptive data in any depth in my analysis, it will simply be more of a n=xx xx% of participants said yes they had completed disability hate crime training, then I will go onto to discuss this training within my theme. Within the theme analysis I will refer back to these figures but the statistics will simply be as a description.
Usually mixed methods contains the Triangulation Design, the Embedded Design, the Explanatory Design, and the Exploratory Design. Also, a mixed methods research design is a method of collecting, analyzing, and “mixing” quantitative and qualitative research and methodologies in a study.
More importantly say what you did and report anything important that you found. Best wishes, David Booth
Mixed methods defined as 'research in which the investigator collects and. analyses data, integrates the findings and draws inferences using both qualitative. and quantitative approaches or methods in a single study'(Tashakkori and Creswell, 2007:4).
I don't think in your description as a mixed method
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