ABSTRACT
Per Lincoln and Guba, qualitative data sources can be differentiated into two broad categories: humans as source and non-human sources. Azzam, Evergreen, Germuth, and Kistler described qualitative data as being broad in scope; taking the form of transcribed interviews, recorded conversations among participants, and pictures, videos, or drawings that capture events, processes, and outcomes. The qualitative data from the reflexive journals were quantitized-utilizing a coding system to assign numeric scores as described by Onwuegbuzie and Teddlie. Therefore, the use of CA can serve as a methodological bridge between quantitative and qualitative data analyses and approaches. To incorporate qualitative data into a CA, researchers can treat categorical variables as numeric by coding the indicated responses as discussed by Richter. Correlation approaches provide the basis for all classical multivariate techniques. Mixed methods research, through the appropriate combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods, can support useful and credible knowledge development.
