Phenomenography as a Foundation for Mixed Models Research. (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feldon, David F.; Tofel-Grehl, Colby
• Other Names: Creamer Elizabeth guest-editor.; Schoonenboom Judith guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 62:Number 7(2018)
• Page Start: 887
• Page End: 899
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: phenomenography -- mixed methods -- mixed models -- critical realism; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764218772640
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

Phenomenography is a methodological paradigm, which emphasizes personal conceptions as a necessary construct to understand the relationship between the physical events that people experience and the personal meanings that they derive from those experiences. This perspective provides a useful framework for mixed methodology research, because its ontology provides both equal legitimacy to objective and subjective phenomena and an integrated paradigm within which one can jointly engage quantitative and qualitative methods. We examine several instances of mixed methods research from the literature that utilize a phenomenographic perspective and identify implications for further development of mixed research strategies.