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Mixed Methods Research
Arindam BasuPrepared for PG Meeting,University of Canterbury,
http://arinbasu.wordpress.com
Three Scenarios
• Inter-professional Training• Colorectal Cancer Screening • Teaching of Telehealth to Physicians
How Can Qualitative alone, Quantitative Research alone, or a combination meet the needs of research questions pursued?
Interprofessional Education
• Different Professions, Same Trainees • Different Professionals Train the Same People• How does one learn about effectiveness of the
education process?• Whose Perspective? (Trainers? Trainees?
External Stakeholders?)• How Do We Measure Outputs?• Can Everything Be Measured?
How Does One Measure the Effectiveness of Inter-professional Training?
Screening For Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer is a leading cause of cancer and kill people
• If this cancer can be detected when it the tumour is very small and localized, then it can be safely removed
• That detection is done using a stool test called guaiac test.
• What’s the best strategy?
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/colon_cancer/article.htm
What Does One Measure?The Patient (Suffering, Convenience, How Easy)
The Physician (Provider)How best will the screening test perform?Sensitivity? Specificity?
Ministry of Health (Payer)How Economical?How Many False Cases for reasons of logisticsHow Many People should be Screened To Identify One case?
What is the Effectiveness of Telehealth Training for Physicians?
Trainees (Physicians)
Trainers (Teaching Physicians)Stakeholders (MoH)
The Truth Out There (Descriptive Data, Relationships)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
The Participants WhoContribute to the Truth Seeking Process* Patients•Members. Public• Preconceptions• Life Story ...
The Truth Out There (Descriptive Data, Relationships)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
The Participants WhoContribute to the Truth Seeking Process* Patients•Members. Public• Preconceptions• Life Story ...
Quantitative Research Dissociates the Investigator from His “Biases”
1. Rule Out Chance2. Control for
Confounding3. Eliminate Bias4. Test for
Causality (where Needed)
The Truth Out There (Descriptive Data, Relationships)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
The Participants WhoContribute to the Truth Seeking Process* Patients•Members. Public• Preconceptions• Life Story ...
Qualitative Research: integration between the Researcher, Researchee , Researched
The Truth Out There (Descriptive Data, Relationships)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
The Participants WhoContribute to the Truth Seeking Process* Patients•Members. Public• Preconceptions• Life Story ...
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
The Reality (Interprofessional Education Improves Student Outcomes )
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
The Participants WhoContribute to the Truth Seeking Process* Students narrate their experiences
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Survey of traineesItems on questionnairesTallying Numbers
The Reality (Telehealth Education through distance improves care process)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
Trainees tell theirStories on how well They did and what theyfelt
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Pass/Fail StatisticsStudent PerformanceCarbon Saving
The Reality (Telehealth Education through distance improves care process)
The Investigator Who Investigates “The Truth”• Belief• Previous Ideas• “Need” for “Positive” Findings
Trainees tell theirStories on how well They did and what theyfelt
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Pass/Fail StatisticsStudent PerformanceCarbon Saving
These Diverse Views of the World Are Reconciled in Mixed Methods Research
In Mixed Methods
Qualitative Quantitative
Sequential (Could Be Reversed)
Qualitative Quantitative
Concurrent, this Can Happen At the Same Time
Balance Between ThreeHow Much Quantitative Versus Qualitative?
What is the Sequence? Is it Partially or Fully Mixed Methods?
Research CycleConceptualize (Proposal)
Collect Data
Analyze Data
Interpret Data
Collect Data
Typology of Mixed Methods
An Example from a Recent Study
Reporting of a Mixed Methods
Reporting of Mixed Methods (Continued …)
Conclusion
• Qualitative + Quantitative = Mixed Methods• Qualitative: subjective, perspective dependent• Quantitative: objective, neutral view of truth• Mixed: Captures “Truth” both ways• Sequential or Concurrent• Full or Partial• Dominant or Non-dominant
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