Points of Addition and Points of Integration: Why One Point of Interface Is Not Enough

• In Event: Roundtable Session 17
  In Roundtable Session: Mixed Methods Roundtable

Abstract

This study shows how a distinction between a point of addition and a point of integration can be used to classify mixed methods research. Six mixing patterns are differentiated, each with its own purpose for mixing and its own point within the research process at which the second component is added. These six patterns can be combined without limitation. The distinction between concurrent and sequential mixing is determined by the timing of the point of addition and its distance from the point of integration. This classification makes the two dimensions offered by Guest (2013) superfluous. In addition, the stages of mixing advocated by Teddlie and Tashakkori (2009) are actually based on both points of addition and points of integration.

Author

• Judith Schoonenboom, VU University Amsterdam