Barriers to Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research

By Alan Bryman. 2007

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This article is concerned with the possibility that the development of mixed methods research is being hindered by the tendency that has been observed by some researchers for quantitative and qualitative findings either not to be integrated or to be integrated to only a limited extent. It examines findings from 20 interviews with U.K. social researchers, all of whom are practitioners of mixed methods research. From these interviews, a wide variety of possible barriers to integrating mixed methods findings are presented. The article goes on to suggest that more attention needs to be given to the writing of mixed methods articles.

Subfields: Education, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Combining qualitative and quantitative research within mixed method research designs: A methodological review (2011, background): “By combining qualitative and quantitative findings, an overall or negotiated account of the findings can be forged, not possible by using a singular approach (Bryman, 2007).”
Current Mixed Methods Practices in Qualitative Research: A Content Analysis of Leading Journals (2015, background): “Overall, findings from this CA contribute to longstanding efforts to delineate data mixing procedures (Bryman, 2007; Tashakkori & Teddlie, 2010), to illuminate influential practices in qualitative research, quantitative research, and MMR traditions, and to assist in understanding MMR practices and p”
Three techniques for integrating data in mixed methods studies (2010, background): “Barriers to integration have been identified in both health and social research.”
Pluralisms in Qualitative Research: From Multiple Methods to Integrated Methods (2011, background): “We will need to be vigilant to ensure that coining such a term does not lead pluralism to have the same kind of valencing that the term mixed methods often receives, where the mere conduct of mixed methods research is valued without any serious attempt to debate its worth in context (Bryman 2007).”
The Use and Added Value of Mixed Methods in Management Research (2011, background): “Another barrier is related to the challenges of publishing mixed methods studies (Bryman, 2007; Plano Clark, 2005).”
A Methodology for Conducting Integrative Mixed Methods Research and Data Analyses (2010, background): “Unfortunately, few studies have effectively integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches under a unified and fully integrative research design and data analytic plan (Bryman, 2007; Dreher, 1994; Hanson, Creswell, Clark, Petska, & Creswell, 2005).”
Using mixed methods in health research (2013, background): “If this is not the case then integration may not have occurred sufficiently.(23) Finally, many researchers cite the difficulty in presenting the results of mixed methods study as a barrier to conducting this type of research.”
Integration and Publications as Indicators of "Yield" From Mixed Methods Studies (2007, background): “Bryman (2007) has considered this question in a set of interviews with social researchers in the United Kingdom.”
The Value of Mixed Methods Designs to Social Justice Research in Counseling and Psychology (2013, background): “…mixed methods research requires high levels of competence in philosophy of science, research ethics, quantitative research methods, and qualitative inquiry approaches (Badiee, Wang, & Creswell, 2012; Bryman, 2007; Clarke, 2009; Leech & Onwuegbuzie, 2010; National Institutes of Health, 2011).”
Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology: critical reflections on five points of controversy. (2015, background): “Following Bryman (2007) we might, therefore, like to ask: ‘How far do mixed methods researchers analyze, interpret and write up their research in such a way that the quantitative and qualitative components are mutually illuminating?’”
Bridging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide: Guidelines for Conducting Mixed Methods Research in Information Systems (2013, background): “This integration can be done through the process of compare, contrast, infuse, link, and blend (Bryman 2007).”
‘It’s good to be angry’: Enacting anger in construction project management to achieve perceived leader effectiveness (2011, neutral): “Under this formulation, interpretation of findings by qualitative and quantitative methods can indeed occur, though critical voices do also exist (Bryman, 2007).”
An Examination of Research Methods in Mathematics Education (1995-2005) (2009, background): “This issue of explicit disclosure is also emphasized by Bryman (2007).”