Abstract
The purposes of this methods article are to (a) discuss how integration can occur through a connecting approach in explanatory sequential mixed methods studies, (b) describe a connecting strategy developed for a study testing a conceptual model to predict lung cancer screening, and (c) describe three analytic products developed by subsequent integration procedures enabled by the connecting strategy. Connecting occurs when numeric data from a quantitative strand of a study are used to select a sample to be interviewed for a subsequent qualitative strand. Because researchers often do not fully exploit numeric data for this purpose, we developed a multi-step systematic sampling strategy that produced an interview sample of eight subgroups of five persons (n = 40) whose profiles converged with or diverged from the conceptual model in specified ways. The subgroups facilitated the development of tailored interview guides, in-depth narrative summaries, and exemplar case studies to expand the quantitative findings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1137-1147 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Western Journal of Nursing Research |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing
Keywords
- connecting
- explanatory sequential designs
- interview guides
- mixed methods
