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- Title
Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods: A Research Model.
- Authors
SELLS, SCOTT P.; SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD; SPRENKLE, DOUGLAS H.
- Abstract
A historical antagonism between proponents of qualitative methods and quantitative methods has prevented recognition of the benefits to be gained by employing both methods (that is, a multi-method approach) during the same study or program of studies. Increasingly, family therapy researchers have begun to recognize the value of a multi-method approach in bridging the current gaps among theory, research, and practice. However, current writings have yet to move beyond the discussion stage. This article proposes a bidirectional continuum that includes both qualitative and quantitative methods. An ethnographic content analysis approach is presented to illustrate the procedural stages of this continuum. The article ends with a discussion of the challenges in carrying out a bidirectional, multi-method approach and the potential contributions that an integrative research methodology will give both researchers and clinicians.
- Subjects
QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; FAMILY psychotherapy; FAMILY therapists; RESEARCH methodology; FAMILY relations; ETHNOLOGY
- Publication
Family Process, 1995, Vol 34, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.1995.00199.x