Defining and Analyzing Mixed Method Johnson and Christensen (2007) describe mixed method research as the third and most recent paradigm of research methodology. Philosophically, mixed research takes an eclectic, pragmatic, and common-sense approach, suggesting that the researcher mix quantity and quality in a way that works best for a given research question studied in a particular context. Blended research uses both deductive and inductive methods, obtains both quantitative and qualitative data, attempts to corroborate and integrate findings, and takes a balanced approach to research. Researchers have used the term mixed method to refer to all procedures that collect and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data in the context of a single study. According to Johnson and Onwuegbuzie (2004), some researchers have contested the term mixed methods to describe research designs that consciously blend both approaches within or across phases of the research process. Researchers seeking associations between primarily quantitative biophysical data and primarily qualitative sociocultural data, including environmental and natural resource anthropologists, can look to mixed methods research designs for structured and tested integrative processes. Such projects have been used to enhance traditional methods for assessing and monitoring the impacts of recreation and tourism on the physical environment (Mackay, 2004). Definition and Analysis of Qualitative Method On the other hand, Shank (2002) defines qualitative research as a form of systematic empirical investigation of meaning. By systematic he means planned, orderly and public, following rules agreed upon by members of the qualitative research community. By empirical, he means that this… middle of paper… accompanying attributes of the servant leader. Data Collection The Servant Leadership Self-Assessment Tool (SASL) will be converted from an original copy in SPSS 19 software to a commercial server from which data will be analyzed. The researcher will use a conceptual framework to measure servant leadership. Letters requesting permission to conduct research will be sent to each Dean and Assistant Dean on each campus, as well as the Dean of Students. The letter will specify the research and emphasize that all participation will be selected on a voluntary basis. Additionally, individual responses will be anonymous and confidential. Concurrent mixed methods data collection strategies will be employed to validate one form of data against another to transform data for comparison or to address different types of questions (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2007).