Principal speaker
Associate Professor Sama Low-Choy
Other speakers
Dr Daniela Vasco
The MM3 - Visualising and communicating the logic of Mixed Methods research - workshop explores different ways of visualising the strategy for a Mixed Methods study, which lies at the heart of most quant(itative) studies, and some types of qual(itative) analysis. One visual method uses conceptual diagrams of methods, adopted for each phase or component of research. Another visual method of concept mapping depicts the conceptual framework, which summarises the logic of a study, helping to define research questions and important concepts that provide a rationale for the data collected. We show how concept maps help clarify a common conceptual framework that can help integrate Qual/Quant methods in a MM study.
These visual devices can be presented in different ways; and can provide a useful introduction for a paper or thesis chapter, structure the literature review, or be a useful slide in a presentation. Such figures may be crucial to supporting communication by and within the research team. Increasingly publications are requesting graphical abstracts, so these diagrams can make your work more accessible by others, and increase download and citation rates. Moving forwards, these diagrams may also provide a basis for graphical forms of statistical modelling, such as Structural Equation Models, Bayesian Networks, or Bayesian prior/posterior models.
Intended audience: Beginners, with a research question of their own, who wish to explore visual ways of describing a MM approach to research, and/or obtain a visual introduction to a MM way of doing research.
Recommended Preparation: Please find and share one diagram describing a mixed methods strategy in the week prior to the workshop (instructions will be provided). The presenter will share some too.
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