Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Practice
Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Practice
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DOI：
10.1177/1077800410364611
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
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2
通讯作者：
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene
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作者：
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene
本文讨论了方法论实践如何塑造和限制混合方法的实践方式，并揭示了嵌入在混合方法实践中的当前方法论假设，这些假设可以关闭一系列社会调查。本文认为，有一个“方法论的正统”，在如何混合方法的实践，目前有利于定量方法，与混合方法的实践，定位定性方法第二和定量方法作为主要的整体混合方法的设计，是在测试定量生成的理论服务于社会世界。本文通过将定性方法集中到混合方法实践中，颠覆了当前对实证主义的方法论关注。定性方法旨在增强个人的故事，目的是了解他们如何在他们的社会世界中创造意义。通过深入的案例研究，本文展示了在定性驱动的方法服务相结合的方法的协同作用。
This article discusses how methodological practices can shape and limit how mixed methods is practiced and makes visible the current methodological assumptions embedded in mixed methods practice that can shut down a range of social inquiry. The article argues that there is a "methodological orthodoxy" in how mixed methods is practiced that currently favors quantitative methodologies, with a mixed methods praxis that positions qualitative methods second and quantitative methods as primary with an overall mixed methods design that is in the service of testing out quantitatively generated theories about the social world. This article upends the current methodological focus on positivism by centering qualitative approaches to mixed methods practice. A qualitative approach seeks to empower individuals' stories with the goal of understanding how they how make meaning within their social world. Through intensive case studies this article demonstrates the synergy of combining methods in the service of qualitatively driven approaches.