What problem does it solve?
Mixed methods research is difficult to plan and justify because it requires coordinating quantitative and qualitative strands while producing claims that are genuinely integrated rather than merely parallel.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Design selection: Choose convergent, explanatory sequential, exploratory sequential, embedded, or multiphase designs based on priority and timing.
- Integration strategies: Use joint displays (merging), connecting across phases, and embedding one strand within the other to produce meta-inferences.
- Triangulation + quality control: Systematically code convergence (confirmation/expansion/discordance/complementary) and apply legitimation and reporting checks (e.g., MMIRA, Fetters/Creswell).
- Operational workflow support: Includes a runnable Python demo that illustrates joint display construction and convergence-based integration assessment.
Quick Start
Use the mixed-methods skill to design a convergent study, create a joint display table mapping each quantitative result to qualitative themes, and generate meta-inferences from the convergence codes.