Convergent Design
Definition
A mixed-methods design that collects quantitative and qualitative data in the same timeframe, analyses each strand separately, then merges the two at the interpretation stage.
Related terms
- Explanatory Sequential Design
- A mixed-methods design that collects and analyses quantitative data first, then uses a qualitative follow-up phase to explain a result the numbers...
- Exploratory Sequential Design
- A mixed-methods design that begins with qualitative data collection and uses what it finds to build or refine a quantitative instrument, such...
- Joint Display
- A table or matrix that places a quantitative result and the qualitative data addressing the same theme side by side so a...
- Meta-Inference
- A conclusion drawn only after both the quantitative and qualitative strands of a mixed-methods study have been integrated, rather than a conclusion...
- Triangulation
- Comparing independent quantitative and qualitative findings on the same research question to check whether they converge, add to each other, or contradict.