ERIC Number: ED676686
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 27
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Top Down and Bottom Up: Using the Deductive-Inductive Dual Pillar Integration Process (DID-PIP) to Answer Multilevel-Systems Questions
Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides1; Allison R. Firestone2; Alexandra Aylward3; Roey Ahram4; Natasha Strassfeld5; Jane Y. Jeong5
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Despite increasing calls for transparent integration, the mixed methods field lacks replicable approaches that center theory to answer multilevel-systems questions. We describe the Deductive-Inductive Dual Pillar Integration Process (DID-PIP), a five-phase integration technique for multilevel research. The DID-PIP centers a theoretical framework to generate meta-inferential understandings of multilevel systems that moves beyond confirmation or rejection of theoretical codes. Drawing from sociological, qualitative paradigms, and mixed methods reporting standards, we outline the theoretical rationale, define the DID-PIP, and illustrate its application through a literature synthesis of racial-equity monitoring in special education policy. This contribution is novel because it provides researchers with a structured, theory-driven integration approach that is methodologically rigorous and builds understandings of phenomena within and across multilevel systems. [This is the online first version of an article published in "Journal of Mixed Methods Research."]
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A240017
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Special Education, City University of New York-Hunter College, New York, NY, USA; 2Department of Research, Evaluation, & Inquiry, San Francisco Unified School District, San Fransisco, CA, USA; 3Department of Educational Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA; 4Grow Your Own Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA; 5Department of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

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