A qualitatively driven approach to multimethod and mixed methods research

This chapter discusses the meaning of qualitatively -driven inquiry and what this is in the context of mixed and multi methods research. It distinguishes between qualitatively-driven mixed and multi methods approaches and considers why methods may be mixed using a qualitatively-driven approach. The chapter identifies some reasons for using qualitatively-driven mixed and multi method approaches and defines templates for their application. The chapter provides several research examples throughout to illustrate the insight gained with these approaches. It concludes with in-depth discussions of the value of these approaches and considers their contribution more widely to the field of mixed-methods research

This is a draft of a chapter accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the book The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson published in 2015. reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199933624.013.3

Please cite published chapter as: Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy, Rodriguez, Deborah and Frost, Nollaig (2015) A Qualitatively Driven Approach to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research. In: The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy and Johnson, R. Burke, eds. Oxford Library of Psychology . Oxford University Press, Oxford; New York, pp. 3-20. ISBN 9780199933624.