Two Methodological Approaches to the Integration of Mixed Methods and Case Study Designs: A Systematic Review. (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guetterman, Timothy C.; Fetters, Michael D.
• Other Names: Creamer Elizabeth guest-editor.; Schoonenboom Judith guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 62:Number 7(2018)
• Page Start: 900
• Page End: 918
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: mixed methods -- case study -- research design -- evaluation -- health communication; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764218772641
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

Case study has a tradition of collecting multiple forms of data—qualitative and quantitative—to gain a more complete understanding of the case. Case study integrates well with mixed methods, which seeks a more complete understanding through the integration of qualitative and quantitative research. We identify and characterize "mixed methods–case study designs" as mixed methods studies with a nested case study and "case study–mixed methods designs" as case studies with nested mixed methods. Based on a review of published research integrating mixed methods and case study designs, we describe key methodological features and discuss four exemplar interdisciplinary studies.