Abstract
The evaluation of information access systems is increasingly making use of multiple evaluation methods. While such studies represent forms of mixed-methods research, they are rarely acknowledged as such. This means that researchers are potentially failing to recognise the challenges and opportunities offered by multi-phase research, particularly in terms of data integration. This paper provides a brief case study of how one framework – Bazely & Kemp’s metaphors for integrated analysis – was employed to formalise data integration for a large exploratory evaluation study.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Bazeley, P., Kemp, L.: Mosaics, Triangles, and DNA: Metaphors for Integrated Analysis in Mixed Methods Research. J. Mix. Methods Res. 6(1), 55–72 (2012)
Bryman, A.: Why do researchers integrate/combine/mesh/blend/mix/merge/fuse quantitative and qualitative research? In: Bergman, M.M. (ed.) Advances in Mixed Methods Research, pp. 87–100. SAGE, London (2008)
Denzin, N.K.: The research act: A theoretical introduction to sociological methods. McGraw-Hill, New York (1978)
Denzin, N.K.: Triangulation 2.0. J. Mix. Methods Res. 6(2), 80–88 (2012)
Fidel, R.: Are we there yet?: Mixed methods research in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research 30, 265–272 (2008)
Greene, J.C.: Mixed methods in social inquiry. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco (2007)
Kelly, D.: Methods for Evaluating Interactive Information Retrieval Systems with Users. Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval 3, 1–224 (2009)
Webb, E.J., Campbell, D.T., Schwartz, R.D., Sechrest, L.: Unobtrusive measures: Nonreactive research in the social sciences. Rand McNally, Chicago (1966)
Woolley, C.M.: Meeting the Mixed Methods Challenge of Integration in a Sociological Study of Structure and Agency. J. Mix. Methods Res. 3(7), 7–25 (2009)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Wakeling, S., Clough, P. (2015). Integrating Mixed-Methods for Evaluating Information Access Systems. In: Mothe, J., et al. Experimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction. CLEF 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9283. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24027-5_33
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24027-5_33
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-24026-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-24027-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)