Vicki L. Plano Clark’s research while affiliated with University of Cincinnati and other places

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Publications (73)


Measuring the Degree of Mixed Methods Adoption: An Investigation Using Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts
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January 2025

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Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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Kyle Cox

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Vicki L. Plano Clark

Prevalence studies have been conducted to assess the adoption of mixed methods research (MMR) across contexts. A limitation of these studies for understanding MMR adoption is their reliance on dichotomous operationalization or focus on one MMR practice. This study employed an item response theory model to examine the measurement of MMR adoption with reported MMR elements as indicators. Results indicate that MMR studies can be differentiated on their degree of MMR adoption and that elements such as Integration techniques, Sequence, and Qualitative and Quantitative Methods have a pronounced ability to differentiate MMR studies on the degree they adopted MMR practices. This study contributes to the field of MMR by offering a novel approach to operationalizing the degree of MMR adoption.


Individual experience of health-related quality of life within the biopsychosocial model of health and ICF framework (WHO, 2002).
The overarching conceptual model of the biopsychosocial impact of BPBI through the lifespan.
The expanded conceptual model detailing the ICF components of the biopsychosocial impact of BPBI through the lifespan and the interaction of general health issues with BPBI HRQoL.
The dynamic and diverse experience of adults with brachial plexus birth injury: a collective case study
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October 2024

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Jenny M. Dorich

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Jordyn Whiting

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Vicki L. Plano Clark

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Roger Cornwall

Purpose To explore brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI)-affected adults’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) experiences informed by the theoretical framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. Methods This study applied a qualitative collective case study design. Twelve participants who participated in a prior survey study were recruited using maximum variation sampling. One-on-one semi-structured interviews focused on gaining in-depth understanding of participants’ experiences with HRQoL. Interviews were recorded verbatim and thematically analysed. Results We identified two themes. First, the theme biopsychosocial dimensions of the experience comprised the ways BPBI affects physical and emotional health and how BPBI is intertwined with affected individuals’ identities, activities/participation, and social environments. Second, the theme lifelong and variable experience encompassed how BPBI is a chronic condition that changes over time and varies among affected individuals. The cross-case analysis derived a conceptual model of BPBI HRQoL to describe the BPBI experience through the lifespan. In this model, multiple dimensions of BPBI HRQoL expand through the lifespan while BPBI-specific health resources’ availability contract. Conclusions By providing insight into the many ways that BPBI affects and is affected by an individual’s functioning and personal, social, and healthcare environmental factors, these findings underscore lifelong individualized care for BPBI-affected persons is needed.

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Exploring the Potential for Cultural Humility in the Evolving Field of Mixed Methods Research

April 2024

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Journal of Mixed Methods Research

The field of mixed methods research embraces diversity and encourages researchers to combine different perspectives, approaches, and methods to achieve meaningful insights. Navigating such rich diversity can pose challenges that can benefit from ongoing, critical self-reflection. This article introduces the concept of cultural humility in the context of mixed methods research. We aim to enhance understanding of how cultural humility can foster awareness and encourage constructive critique of assumptions, policies, and practices in the field of mixed methods research. This article serves as a foundational resource for mixed methods researchers, practitioners, and scholars to embrace cultural humility in the field. We close with a set of prompts to spark critical self-reflection and dialogue within the field.




Symbolic Mathematics Language Literacy: A Framework and Evidence from a Mixed Methods Analysis

June 2023

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The relationship between literacy and mathematics is poorly understood. Existing theoretical frameworks, such as disciplinary literacy and mathematical discourse, do not carefully account for the uniqueness and ubiquity of symbolic mathematics in curriculum. Symbolic mathematics, the writing system of mathematics, is so unique that its symbols and conventions are not addressed in language arts classrooms. It is so ubiquitous in mathematics classrooms that discourse revolves around it. This chapter introduces Symbolic Mathematics Language Literacy (SMaLL) as a framework to conceptualize reading and writing using the symbols and syntax of mathematics. Also, it presents a mixed methods study that highlights how variations in SMaLL can be experienced among adolescents. The study used mixed methods spectrum analysis to explore the range of cognitive and metacognitive variations in students’ reading of symbolic mathematics (i.e, x \sqrt{x} ) in isolation and within expository text. Cognitive reactions to reading symbolic mathematics were measured quantitatively using an orthographic error-detection task. Metacognitive strategies for reading symbolic mathematics were elicited using qualitative interviews. The theoretical discussion of SMaLL exposes implicit literacy-for-mathematics demands in learning standards and offers researchers a useful framework for investigating them. The empirical findings provide educators pedagogical knowledge about the spectrum of SMaLL among adolescents.Keywords Disciplinary literacy Mathematics curriculum Mathematical discourse Mixed methods Symbolic mathematics


Using a Joint Display for Building Integration in a Sequential Study: Informing Data Collection for a Participatory Second Phase

May 2023

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Journal of Mixed Methods Research

In the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, methods-level integration occurs between quantitative and qualitative phases. In typical use of this design, statistical findings alone may inform the qualitative phase. However, in studies that apply a participatory approach in the second phase, this can be a missed opportunity to incorporate participant perspectives. This Research Note presents the integration of quantitative and qualitative survey results from phase one of an explanatory sequential study using a joint display, which is then used to inform the development of qualitative data collection prompts. This strategy contributes to the field of mixed-methods research by detailing the process for undertaking building integration to inform an explanatory sequential study’s second participatory qualitative phase.


Impact of brachial plexus birth injury on health-related quality of life in adulthood: a mixed methods survey study

May 2023

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Purpose: To describe the scope and nature of health concerns, functional impairments, and quality of life issues among adults with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI). Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted by surveying two social media networks of adults with BPBI using a combination of closed-ended and open-ended questions regarding the role of BPBI on ones' health, function, and quality of life. Closed-ended responses were compared across ages and genders. Open-ended responses were qualitatively analyzed to expand upon the close-ended responses. Results: Surveys were completed by 183 respondents (83% female, age range 20-87 years). BPBI was reported to impact hand and arm use in 80% of participants (including affected and unaffected limbs and bimanual tasks), overall health in 60% (predominantly pain), activity participation in 79% (predominantly activities of daily living and leisure), life roles in 76% (predominantly occupation and parenting), and overall quality of life in 73% (predominantly self-esteem, relationships, and appearance). Significantly more females than males reported other medical conditions and an impact on hand and arm use and life roles. No other responses varied by age or gender. Conclusions: BPBI affects many facets of health related quality of life in adulthood with variability among affected individuals.




Citations (58)


... A mixed-methods design that combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches can address these concerns, providing a thorough understanding of the dynamic relationship between SOC, resource mobilisation and employee well-being. Mixed-methods designs offer a comprehensive examination of how SOC and resources interact to affect employee well-being by integrating the precision of quantitative data with the depth of qualitative narratives (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2023). This integration enables researchers to measure objective outcomes and to investigate personal and contextual factors that influence employee resilience. ...

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The SALCOR framework: A transformative approach to employee well-being
Revisiting Mixed Methods Research Designs Twenty Years Later
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  • January 2023

... Data utama dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam dengan berbagai pihak yang terlibat dalam sistem bagi hasil, termasuk pemilik modal, pengelola ternak, serta masyarakat sekitar yang memiliki pengetahuan tentang mekanisme dan tradisi yang berlaku. Selain wawancara, observasi langsung terhadap aktivitas yang berlangsung di lapangan dilakukan untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang lebih komprehensif mengenai implementasi sistem ini (1) (Sugiyono, 2022;Creswell, 2023). ...

Revisiting Mixed Methods Research Designs Twenty Years Later
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  • January 2023

... Our methodological approach is connected to the field of mixed methods, of which scholars in urban geography and related disciplines have elaborated several variations (Plano Clark and Creswell, 2008;Sweetman et al., 2010;DeLyser and Sui, 2014;Finney, 2021). According to Guetterman et al. (2024), mixed methods consist of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. As Tashakkori and Creswell (2007) point out, some studies take the issue of integration of methods more seriously than others, and whereas some researchers use a multiplicity of methods in one or more phases, others mix methods throughout the research process. ...

Terminology and Mixed Methods Research: A Persistent Challenge
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  • December 2023

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

... Community-based participatory research (CBPR) may fill some gaps by allowing for the coconstruction of scales in which researchers and community members are vested in the research (DeJonckheere et al., 2019;Vaughn, Jacquez, Lindquist-Grantz et al., 2017, Vaughn, Jacquez, Zhen-Duan et al., 2017 and note systematic influences. CBPR allows for a process that engages the community and emphasizes community members' perceptions (Jackson-Gordon & Plano Clark, 2024), ensuring that findings support the community (Israel et al., 2013). However, CBPR typically focuses on health disparities, and there is a disconnect between the community members and research teams (DeJonckheere et al., 2019). ...

Using a Joint Display for Building Integration in a Sequential Study: Informing Data Collection for a Participatory Second Phase
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  • May 2023

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

... Up to 30% of infants with BPBI have permanent nerve injuries [6][7][8][9][10], which result not only in persistent impairments in upper extremity motor and sensory function, but also the long term consequences of chronic denervation during skeletal immaturity, including impaired upper limb growth, joint contractures, and skeletal dysplasia [11,12]. Many affected individuals experience lifelong disabilities in upper extremity and psychosocial function [13]. ...

Impact of brachial plexus birth injury on health-related quality of life in adulthood: a mixed methods survey study
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  • May 2023

... A case study approach is particularly relevant for this research as it enables a detailed examination of contemporary phenomena within real-world contexts. Case study research focuses on gaining a deep understanding of specific cases (Clark et al., 2022) and is widely recognized as a qualitative approach within the social sciences. This research methodology is based on data collection and observation (Walliman, 2005) and aims to test a situation to prove or establish how a particular condition can occur. ...

Combining mixed methods and case study research
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  • November 2022

... Penelitian ini menerapkan metode campuran, sebuah pendekatan yang mengintegrasikan elemen-elemen dari pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang lebih komprehensif terhadap fenomena yang diteliti (Fetters & Tajima, 2023;Plano Clark et al., 2023). Pendekatan ini dipilih untuk mengatasi keterbatasan yang mungkin muncul dalam pendekatan penelitian tunggal. ...

Frameworks for conceptualizing mixed methods research
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  • November 2022

... Several prevalence reviews of MMR have demonstrated a growing use of MMR across the health [61][62][63][64] and social and behavioral sciences [65][66][67][68] to study a diverse range of phenomena. The growing use of MMR across these disciplines indicates that clinicians, educators, managers, social and behavioral scientists, readers of research, and policy makers rely on the use of evidence from MMR to inform research, practice, and policy [5,69]. ...

The use of mixed methods to advance positive psychology: A methodological review
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  • October 2022

International Journal of Wellbeing

... Moreover, results and experiences of a pilot study can inform the design for a future implementation effectiveness trial. (Aschbrenner et al., 2022;Pearson et al., 2020). Therefore, the primary objective of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of the developed ISB to facilitate the implementation of ProMuscle for community-dwelling older adults in multiple community care settings in the Netherlands. ...

Applying mixed methods to pilot feasibility studies to inform intervention trials

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

... Seventy of the participants in the current sample opted in to the survey portion of the study. The complete survey results are presented in mixed-methods study of communication at PACE (Mamo et al., 2022). We collected detailed information on respondent race and ethnicity; all but three respondents were White, Black/African American (AA), or Latinx. ...

A Mixed Methods Study of Hearing Loss, Communication, and Social Engagement in a Group Care Setting for Older Adults