Qualitative researchers engaged in mixed methods studies need novel approaches for integrating qualitative and quantitative findings during analysis. Joint display visuals have become an integral part of the presentation of the findings of mixed methods studies and can be aptly described as an analytic tool owing to the process involved in building joint displays. In this article, our purpose is to illustrate the iterative process utilized in building joint displays using both bar graphs and observational field notes to understand a specific phenomenon. An explanatory sequential mixed methods study was conducted with Jamaican secondary school teachers that sought to understand how teachers’ beliefs shaped the use of technology. Based on the use of joint display analysis in this study, we illustrate how the insights gleaned and challenges encountered from each iteration of developing successive joint displays helped us to refine our understanding through an assessment of the organizational intent, analytic intent, and effectiveness of the visuals created. By engaging in the process of building successive joint displays, we identified inconsistencies in the findings that would likely not otherwise have been revealed. We learned that the inconsistencies represented two dimensions of the teachers’ beliefs, thus resulting in a more comprehensive understanding of the integrated data. The methodological insights gleaned from each iteration of building joint displays can be used by other researchers engaged in this process and enhance their understanding of the value of joint display as a powerful analytic tool.

从事混合方法研究的定性研究人员需要在分析过程中整合定性和定量发现的新颖方法。联合展示的视觉效果已经成为混合方法研究发现的不可或缺的一部分，由于构建联合展示的过程十分复杂，因此可以恰当地描述为一种分析工具。在本文中，我们的目的是通过使用条形图和观测字段注释来说明用于构建联合显示的迭代过程，以了解特定现象。对牙买加中学教师进行了一项解释性顺序混合方法研究，旨在了解教师的信念如何影响技术的使用。基于这项研究中联合展示分析的使用，我们说明了如何收集见解以及在开发连续的联合展示的每次迭代中遇到的挑战如何帮助我们通过评估所创建的视觉效果的组织意图，分析意图和有效性来加深我们的理解。通过参与建立连续的联合展示的过程，我们发现了发现中不一致的地方，否则可能不会发现这些不一致之处。我们了解到不一致之处代表了教师信念的两个维度，从而导致对综合数据的更全面理解。参与此过程的其他研究人员可以使用从构建关节显示的每次迭代中获得的方法学见解，并增强他们对关节显示作为一种强大的分析工具的价值的理解。