Mixed Methods

Mixed Methods

1. AIMS

   • mixed method def.
     • < 1 method data collection
   • extent children play different ages/settings reinforces/overcomes segregation of diff. ethnic groups
   • secondary research
     • detailed background knowledge
     • good starting point
     • large scale quantitative data reliable
       • replicability
     • cheap + easy to access
     • not collected sociological purposes
   • primary research
     • overt n-p obvs
     • quantitative
     • 21 in public parks/school playgrounds
       • whites/asians
   • survey
     • self-completion structured questionnaire
       • parental attitudes
       • closed questions
   • methodological pluralism
     • greater amount data
       • quantitative
   • triangulation
     • crosscheck findings

2. LINK TO THEORY

   • range methods + quantitative data
     • positivist
       • numerical/ statistical data
       • scientific + objective
   • interpretivists
     • criticise lack qualitative data
       • lacks depth + detail
       • no insight/meaning
       • use open questions

3. 2 PRIMARY METHODS

   • help obtain fuller picture
   • behaviour patterns obtained
   • parental views
   • compared secondary data

4. Reliability n-p obvs

   • structured schedule
     • integration + segregation operationalised + measurable