In my LLM thesis, the research objective and questions decided to employ mixed method and doubted the data analysis technique.
Generally speaking, there is no one analysis technique for mixed methods research. Instead, the techniques for analyzing the qualitative portion of the study will use procedures from qualitative research, and the quantitative portion of the study will use procedures from quantitative research. Beyond, that you will need to think about how to integrate the two sets of results, and that will depend on the purposes of your research and the research design that you used.
Generally speaking, there is no one analysis technique for mixed methods research. Instead, the techniques for analyzing the qualitative portion of the study will use procedures from qualitative research, and the quantitative portion of the study will use procedures from quantitative research. Beyond, that you will need to think about how to integrate the two sets of results, and that will depend on the purposes of your research and the research design that you used.
As to my basic understanding, analysis techniques recommended are:
a) Qualitative data – Key word coding, theme analysis
b)Quantitative data – Cross tabulations, regression modelling analysis
I found this article extremely helpful in pointing out key aspects of mixed-method research:
https://usaidlearninglab.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Mixed_Methods_Evaluations_Technical_Note_final_2013_06.pdf
Hope it helps you too!
Best regards.
Paramjeet
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