A Mixed Method Approach to Quality of Life Research: A Case Study Approach

Autor/inn/en	Dunning, Heather; Williams, Allison; Abonyi, Sylvia; Crooks, Valorie
Titel	A Mixed Method Approach to Quality of Life Research: A Case Study Approach
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 85 (2008) 1, S.145-158 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-007-9131-5
Schlagwörter	Quality of Life; Telephone Surveys; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Case Studies; Social Indicators; Research Methodology; Guidelines; Canada (Saskatoon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Fragebogen; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Richtlinien
Abstract	Increased use of qualitative and quantitative methods in quality of life projects necessitates an examination of how to effectively work within a mixed method framework. The research objectives of this paper are to (1) operationalize the two goals of mixed method research (confirmation and comprehension) and (2) develop a strategy for using mixed methods in quality of life research. Face-to-face interview (qualitative) and telephone survey (quantitative) data from the Community-University Institute for Social Research Quality of Life (CUISR QoL) project in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan were used for operationalization. Overall, confirmation and comprehension were challenging concepts to operationalize. Seven benefits and four guidelines were developed and are presented as dynamic, rather than definitive, structures. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10