Analyzing Mixed Methods Data

Abstract

Mixed methods approaches are becoming increasingly popular in practical empirical research. At the beginning of the 2000s, a global and interdisciplinary mixed methods community was formed, presenting mixed methods approaches and research projects at many international conferences. A large number of publications and textbooks were written, and a special journal, the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR), was founded in 2007. How can mixed methods data analysis be implemented within MAXQDA? Since the first program versions, MAXQDA has always paid great attention to the combination and integration of methods. Thus, from the very beginning of the program, it was possible to manage an associated data set of quantitative data parallel to the qualitative data and to link qualitative and quantitative data during the analysis. Special functions for mixed methods research are summarized in a separate ribbon tab “Mixed Methods”; these functions are the subject of this chapter.