Mixed research and the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches in sociological studies A field study as a mode

Abstract

Research in the social and human sciences needs certain mechanisms to prepare more credible and scientific studies, so it depends on the rules and methods of the scientific method, which is divided into two types: quantitative and qualitative approaches, where quantitative approaches are used when the goal of measuring phenomena, and qualitative approaches are used when the goal of understanding phenomena Thus, quantitative research depends on statistical data in which hypotheses are tested using specific procedures such as experimental design procedures or comparative causation and others, and on its part, qualitative research varies, including ethnographic research, case studies, field research and participatory observation research.   In recent years, a wide scientific debate has prevailed on the advantages of combining quantitative and qualitative approaches in research, and it has been found that the use of quantitative methods in addition to qualitative approaches, and thus the use of the so-called mixed curricula, is one of the research requirements for preparing more credible and scientific studies. Therefore, this research paper, with reference to one of the academic studies, tries to answer the following main question: Why does the researcher resort to using mixed methods in his study and then combine in one study the two quantitative and qualitative approaches?