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Mixed-Methods Data Collection Services

Pubrica designs and conducts mixed-methods data collection for health and social research. We combine quantitative measures, such as surveys or clinical data, with qualitative methods, such as interviews and focus groups, in a design chosen for the research question, and plan how the two strands will be integrated before data collection begins.

  • Design chosen for the question, such as convergent, explanatory sequential or exploratory sequential
  • Integration planned in advance, including the point at which the strands are combined
  • Qualitative work by trained researchers, with topic guides and saturation considered
  • Quantitative strand to standard, using the relevant data collection methods
  • Reported to recognised guidance, such as GRAMMS for mixed-methods studies
What you receive

Quantitative dataset with codebookIncluded

Interview and focus group transcriptsIncluded

Coding framework and analysis memosIncluded

Joint display and integration summaryIncluded

Data-collection methods summaryIncluded

Service Scope

What Our Mixed-Methods Data Collection Service Covers

Each project is scoped individually. The components below are combined according to your study and its requirements.

Study design Selection of the mixed-methods design and the sequence and priority of each strand.
Quantitative data collection Surveys, clinical measures or secondary data collected to protocol.
Interviews and focus groups Topic guides, recruitment, facilitation and transcription.
Qualitative analysis support Coding frameworks and thematic or framework analysis.
Integration Joint displays and integrated interpretation of the two strands.
Documentation Audit trail of sampling, data collection and analytic decisions.

Applications

Studies That Use Mixed-Methods Data

Intervention developmentExploring needs before a trial.
Process evaluationsExplaining trial results.
Implementation researchBarriers and facilitators to adoption.
Patient experience researchMeasures and narratives combined.
Programme evaluationOutcomes and stakeholder perspectives.

Process

How the Project Works

Methods, deliverables and fees are confirmed in writing before work begins.

01 Protocol reviewWe review the protocol, ethics approval and sample size, and identify the measures and the data standards required.
02 Tools and trainingCase report forms, measurement procedures and data-entry checks are prepared, and field staff are trained and assessed.
03 Collection and monitoringData are collected to protocol, with quality checks, query resolution and regular progress reports.
04 Cleaning and documentationThe dataset is cleaned and locked, with a data dictionary and a record of every correction.
05 HandoverYou receive the dataset, the documentation and a data-collection report suitable for the methods section.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

If your question is not answered here, ask an expert.

It depends on whether the qualitative work explains, informs or runs alongside the quantitative work. We recommend a design and explain the reasons.

Trained qualitative researchers conduct interviews and focus groups using topic guides agreed with you.

Integration is planned at the design stage and reported using methods such as joint displays.

Yes. Transcription and translation are carried out with confidentiality agreements in place and quality checks.

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Material you send is held under signed confidentiality, with access limited to the assigned team and encrypted transfer. It is not used to train anything and is not passed to third-party tools. Ask for the agreement before you send anything you would rather cover first.