Toward full integration of quantitative and qualitative methods in case study research: insights from investigating child welfare inequalities

Mason, W. et al. (2020) Toward full integration of quantitative and qualitative methods in case study research: insights from investigating child welfare inequalities. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 14(2), pp. 164-183. (doi: 10.1177/1558689819857972)

Abstract

Delineation of the full integration of quantitative and qualitative methods throughout all stages of multisite mixed methods case study projects remains a gap in the methodological literature. This article offers advances to the field of mixed methods by detailing the application and integration of mixed methods throughout all stages of one such project; a study of child welfare inequalities. By offering a critical discussion of site selection and the management of confirmatory, expansionary and discordant data, this article contributes to the limited body of mixed methods exemplars specific to this field. We propose that our mixed methods approach provided distinctive insights into a complex social problem, offering expanded understandings of the relationship between poverty, child abuse, and neglect.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Mirza, Dr Nughmana
• Authors: Mason, W., Morris, K., Webb, C., Daniels, B., Featherstone, B., Bywaters, P., Mirza, N., Hooper, J., Brady, G., Bunting, L., and Scourfield, J.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Journal of Mixed Methods Research
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 1558-6898
• ISSN (Online): 1558-6901
• Published Online: 01 July 2019
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2019 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Journal of Mixed Methods Research 14(2): 164-183
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy