Hello!! I am a first-year Ph.D. student, planning to conduct my dissertation using a mixed-method (phenomenology and comparative cross-sectional study). looking at the difference in the world view between the two methods, what challenges can I anticipate while doing my dissertation. In addition, are there any mechanisms to mitigate the problem?
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I write from the quant side by inclination and training. When I look at mixed methods acccount I often get the view that the quant side is limited and out of date ; an exception is Jason Seawight (2016) Multi-Method Social Science: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Tools, CUP
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/multimethod-social-science/286C2742878FBCC6225E2F10D6095A0C
Rather than worrying about abstract philosophical issues like Ontology and Epistemology, I would concentrate on one of the key issues in mixed methods: how will you integrate the findings from your two different method?.
All too often, I see mixed methods studies that: 1) ask a simple quantitative question (i.e., test a single basic hypothesis); 2) do a disconnected study of a related qualitative issue (typically with a thematic analysis); and 3) report the results separately. Sso, strat by planning to do better than that.
I suggest you concentrate on either of the two methods. You can also use two methods from each approach - testing with the first and validating with the other.
Since you are even considering mixed methods then I think that your challenge is not going to be ontological or epistemological but rather, procedural---how best to mix your data; so this paper might help.
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