I conducted a study that had two parts. In the first part, I took quantitative content analysis and conducted data from newspaper content through a coding sheet? The data collected through the coding sheet was analyzed by SPSS. Based on the findings of the first part of the study, I conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with the journalists. This data was transcribed, translated, and analyzed through NVivo and presented in the shape of themes and sub-themes. Though, I used two different data collection methods, where the population was also different. Can you please, help me to understand, is my study a mix-method or multi-method? Thanks in advance for your valuable comments.
In general, multiple methods (or multi-methods) research is a more general term, because it can include studies that use two qualitative methods, while mixed methods always refers to a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. It sounds like you did indeed use both qualitative and quantitative methods, but another key element in mixed methods is the integration of the results from the two studies. In my opinion, if you used the two methods separately and did not integrate what you learned from them, then you are still use multiple methods without any actuating mixing.
Dear Rashid, from your study, it seems that you used the findings of your quantitative study to design the qualitative part of your study. It is more of a multimethod study study than a mixed method study. However, if you were able to present the findings of both the parts of your study in an integrative manner, you could then call this study as a mixed method study.
u can follow this https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-is-the-difference-between-multimethods-and-mixed-methods#:~:text=The%20distinction%20is%20that%20mixed,label%20for%20multiple%20quantitative%20methods).
