Participatory Mixed Methods Matrix — Community-Embedded Integration Design

The Participatory Mixed Methods Matrix is a research design that embeds a joint-display integration matrix within a participatory research framework. Community members or other stakeholders co-design the study, co-collect quantitative and qualitative data strands, and then jointly interpret the matrix where both strands are displayed side by side. The approach operationalises the participatory principle — those affected by a problem share authorship of its investigation — while using the rigour of mixed methods integration.