Linking Research Questions to Mixed Methods Data Analysis Procedures 1

Authors

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, University of South FloridaFollow
Nancy L. Leech, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Schiences CenterFollow

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of research questions in mixed methods studies. First, we discuss the ways that the goal of the study, the research objective(s), and the research purpose shape the formation of research questions. Second, we compare and contrast quantitative research questions and qualitative research questions. Third, we describe how to write mixed methods research questions, which we define as questions that embed quantitative and qualitative research questions. Finally, we provide a framework for linking research questions to mixed methods data analysis techniques. A major goal of our framework is to illustrate that the development of research questions and data analysis procedures in mixed method studies should occur logically and sequentially.

Keywords

Mixed Methods, Quantitative Research Questions, Qualitative Research Questions, and Mixed Methods Data Analysis

Publication Date

9-1-2006

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2006.1663

Recommended APA Citation

Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Leech, N. L. (2006). Linking Research Questions to Mixed Methods Data Analysis Procedures 1. The Qualitative Report, 11(3), 474-498. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2006.1663