Yoshikawa Hirokazu, Weisner Thomas S, Kalil Ariel, Way Niobe
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2008 Mar;44(2):344-54. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.344.
Multiple methods are vital to understanding development as a dynamic, transactional process. This article focuses on the ways in which quantitative and qualitative methodologies can be combined to enrich developmental science and the study of human development, focusing on the practical questions of "when" and "how." Research situations that may be especially suited to mixing qualitative and quantitative approaches are described. The authors also discuss potential choices for using mixed quantitative- qualitative approaches in study design, sampling, construction of measures or interview protocols, collaborations, and data analysis relevant to developmental science. Finally, they discuss some common pitfalls that occur in mixing these methods and include suggestions for surmounting them.
多种方法对于理解发展作为一个动态的、相互作用的过程至关重要。本文重点关注定量和定性方法如何结合以丰富发展科学和人类发展研究，聚焦于“何时”以及“如何”的实际问题。描述了可能特别适合混合定性和定量方法的研究情境。作者还讨论了在研究设计、抽样、测量或访谈协议构建、合作以及与发展科学相关的数据分析中使用混合定量-定性方法的潜在选择。最后，他们讨论了在混合这些方法时出现的一些常见陷阱，并给出了克服这些陷阱的建议。
