Chapter 7: Combining diverse approaches in complementary analyses

Mason, J. (2006b). Six strategies for mixing methods and linking data in social science research. Real Life Methods, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, Issue 4. https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/482/

Mason (2006b) looks at six approaches to integrating data in ways that parallel strategies described in this chapter. She identifies the underlying logic in each, as well as the challenges and opportunities presented by each.

Youngs, H., & Piggot-Irvine, E. (2012). The application of a multiphase triangulation approach to mixed methods: The research of an aspiring school principal development program. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 6(3), 184–198. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689811420696

 Youngs and Piggot-Irvine (see especially pp. 192–195) provide an example of writing about emergent, confirmatory and contradictory findings when the data supporting each is drawn from multiple sources and analyses.