Exploratory Sequential Design
Definition
A mixed-methods design that begins with qualitative data collection and uses what it finds to build or refine a quantitative instrument, such as a survey, for a later phase.
Related terms
- Convergent Design
- A mixed-methods design that collects quantitative and qualitative data in the same timeframe, analyses each strand separately, then merges the two at...
- 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...
- Joint Display
- A table that lines up a quantitative result in one column against the related qualitative data in an adjacent column, making the...
- 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 an independent quantitative finding against an independent qualitative finding on the same question to check whether they converge, complement, or diverge.
- Mixed-Methods Research
- A study design that plans, from the outset, how quantitative and qualitative data will be collected and integrated so each strand informs...
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