Many family medicine and community health researchers use surveys as an original research methodology.Our purpose is to illustrate how survey research provides an important form of quantitative research that can be ef...Many family medicine and community health researchers use surveys as an original research methodology.Our purpose is to illustrate how survey research provides an important form of quantitative research that can be effectively combined with qualitative data to form a mixed methods study.We first provide an overview of the key principles in survey research and in mixed methods research.We review the various ways that survey can be used in mixed methods studies,citing options such as beginning a study with a survey,using a survey as the second form of data collection,or combining a survey and a form of qualitative data in a single data collection procedure.Finally,we illustrate in a specific example six steps in conducting a mixed methods study using survey research.In a mixed methods study using a survey,primary care researchers should consider six steps.Step 1.Articulate the rationale for mixed methods study.Step 2.Detail quantitative and qualitative databases.Step 3.Identify a mixed methods design.Step 4.Analyse and report the results of the quantitative and qualitative databases.Step 5.Present and show integration.Step 6.Explicate the value of using mixed methods.The ability to combine and integrate survey research into a mixed methods study provides a more rigorous approach to research than conducting only a survey or conducting just a qualitative interview.While requiring skills beyond traditional survey approaches,surveys in primary care offers an opportunity for a high level of sophistication in research methodology.展开更多
Thanks for your positive,wonderful response to our article on‘Survey Research and Mixed Methods’.The question that you raise at the beginning is an important one for all countries around the world:‘Why should mixed...Thanks for your positive,wonderful response to our article on‘Survey Research and Mixed Methods’.The question that you raise at the beginning is an important one for all countries around the world:‘Why should mixed methods matter to primary care physicians?’To answer the question requires first defining what we mean by mixed methods research.You provide a good definition by mentioning how in this form of research,investigators use both quantitative and qualitative approaches to collect and analyse data,integrate the data and draw conclusions.I would add to this the three core ideas of mixed methods:integration,insight and designs.What distinguishes mixed methods from other approaches is the integration of the quantitative and qualitative data rather than gathering only one form of data or gathering both,but keeping the databases separate.展开更多
文摘Many family medicine and community health researchers use surveys as an original research methodology.Our purpose is to illustrate how survey research provides an important form of quantitative research that can be effectively combined with qualitative data to form a mixed methods study.We first provide an overview of the key principles in survey research and in mixed methods research.We review the various ways that survey can be used in mixed methods studies,citing options such as beginning a study with a survey,using a survey as the second form of data collection,or combining a survey and a form of qualitative data in a single data collection procedure.Finally,we illustrate in a specific example six steps in conducting a mixed methods study using survey research.In a mixed methods study using a survey,primary care researchers should consider six steps.Step 1.Articulate the rationale for mixed methods study.Step 2.Detail quantitative and qualitative databases.Step 3.Identify a mixed methods design.Step 4.Analyse and report the results of the quantitative and qualitative databases.Step 5.Present and show integration.Step 6.Explicate the value of using mixed methods.The ability to combine and integrate survey research into a mixed methods study provides a more rigorous approach to research than conducting only a survey or conducting just a qualitative interview.While requiring skills beyond traditional survey approaches,surveys in primary care offers an opportunity for a high level of sophistication in research methodology.
文摘Thanks for your positive,wonderful response to our article on‘Survey Research and Mixed Methods’.The question that you raise at the beginning is an important one for all countries around the world:‘Why should mixed methods matter to primary care physicians?’To answer the question requires first defining what we mean by mixed methods research.You provide a good definition by mentioning how in this form of research,investigators use both quantitative and qualitative approaches to collect and analyse data,integrate the data and draw conclusions.I would add to this the three core ideas of mixed methods:integration,insight and designs.What distinguishes mixed methods from other approaches is the integration of the quantitative and qualitative data rather than gathering only one form of data or gathering both,but keeping the databases separate.
