The Multiphase Design: How Mixed-Methods Research Adds Value to Research Projects

• In Event: 41.064 - Advancing the Methodology of Mixed-Methods Research

Abstract

In this paper, we argue that complex research projects profit from using mixed methods research (MMR) design, integrating multiple qualitative and quantitative methods. The paper reports from a reading research project comprising three separate studies; two using multiple qualitative methods, and one using quantitative methods. Discussing how the three studies were designed sequentially as a multiphase MMR project we argue that including fewer dimensions in a research design would not have provided the same insight into the richness of the material, contributing with findings of how using an MMR approach within the field of reading research strengthens the credibility of the analyses. The main contribution of this paper arises from discussing how multiphase design adds value to reading research projects.

Authors

• Lisbeth M Brevik, University of Oslo

• Burke Johnson, University of South Alabama