Mixed Relational Research Approaches

• Mixed Methods combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches
• What approach utilizes both numerical and descriptive data collection methods?

  Mixed Methods
• Qualitative data analysis: thematic, content, and discourse analysis
• Statistical data analysis is often defined as quantitative
• Surveys, experiments, and observational research that provide numerical data, is an example of?

  Quantitative
• Quantitative research purpose is to quantify variables and generalize results from a sample to the population of interest
• Qualitiaitive research aims to deeply understand concepts, opinions, or subjective experiences
• Proximal approach in research focuses on co-designing research and building interpersonal relationships with participants
• • Quantitative = Breadth in objective experiences to generalize
  • Qualitative= Depth in subjective experiences to understand
• Relational approaches in mixed methods research aims to deconstruct the social hierarchies between researcher and subject by creating an interpersonal relationship based on acknowledgement of subjective experiences and understanding
• Genograms, is an example of data collection by mapping the genealogical social dynamics within a household
• Service maps are a visual analysis example of ways we quantify individual subjective experiences when interacting with social services.
• The proximal approach focuses on co-creating research together, demolishing hierarchial power dynamics, and strengthening close interpersonal relationships.
• The distal approach considers broader or indirect influences which are often quantified as top-down knowledge
• Relational Mixed Method Approaches requires researchers to act from our hearts and minds, acknowledge our interpersonal bonds to others, and to take responsibility for actions and their consequences
• Qualitative research provides in-depth, rich data; valuable for exploring new areas or phenomena
• Quantitative allows for broad, generalizable results; highly reliable and extrapolated
• May lack context or depth; less flexible in the subjectivity of experience is an example of?

  Quantitative weaknesses
• May not be as reliable or generalisable; cannot test for cause and effect, can be time-consuming and complex to analyse are example of?

  Qualitative research weaknesses