Open AccessA Typology of Mixed Methods Sampling Designs in Social Science Research
Author(s) -
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie,
Kathleen M. T. Collins
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2007.1638
Subject(s) - typology , sampling (signal processing) , sample (material) , sampling design , research design , sample size determination , qualitative research , multimethodology , experience sampling method , management science , computer science , statistics , psychology , mathematics , sociology , mathematics education , social psychology , engineering , social science , population , chemistry , demography , filter (signal processing) , chromatography , anthropology , computer vision
This paper provides a framework for developing sampling designs in mixed methods research. First, we present sampling schemes that have been associated with quantitative and qualitative research. Second, we discuss sample size considerations and provide sample size recommendations for each of the major research designs for quantitative and qualitative approaches. Third, we provide a sampling design typology and we demonstrate how sampling designs can be classified according to time orientation of the components and relationship of the qualitative and quantitative sample. Fourth, we present four major crises to mixed methods research and indicate how each crisis may be used to guide sampling design considerations. Finally, we emphasize how sampling design impacts the extent to which researchers can generalize their findings.