Mixed methods and visual representation of data with CAQDAS: empirical study

Mixed Methods increasingly progress and help research to evolve, combining quantitative and qualitative perspectives and helping the researcher to interpret and represent the studied reality with a holistic approach. In order to exemplify the research process from the methodological complementarity, a contextualized study was carried out in the city of Valladolid (Spain) through a mixed approach with the objective of identifying the socio-labour actions implemented by third sector entities that work with people at risk and socially excluded, including women. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with workers from the participating entities, and information was also collected in other formats such as roadmaps and reports from the centres. From the categorization, the codification of the speeches and the results of the quantitative scales we proceeded to the triangulation of the data, with the support of digital supports, CAQDAS. Nvivo 12 and webQDA were used. The node map, project map, coding matrices, dendrogram, word trees and word clouds were made. This made it possible to respond to the objective and the research question, concluding that each entity developed different degrees of socio-labour attention based on its degree of available resources. The study was an example of the representation of reality from the convergence of the quantitative perspective and the qualitative perspective.