Exam 17: Mixed Methods Designs: When Qualitative and Quantitative Designs Meet

Historically, most mixed methods studies have considered the quantitative and qualitative data, which are dependent on each other, to be analyzed and interpreted simultaneously.

In which of the following phases of mixed methods designs do researchers consider such issues as the timing, priority, degree of interaction, and plan for mixing the qualitative and quantitative foci of their research?

Quantitative designs provide findings that are more generalizable and higher in internal validity, whereas qualitative designs allow researchers to explore a question in depth and with nuance.

Mixed methods research has been referred to as the third methodological movement following:

In the context of assumptions made by mixed methods researchers, (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2011), a belief that researchers have both biased and unbiased perspectives that interact and intersect within the research process at various stages is _____ in nature.

Which of the following is an example of the use of qualitative data in a mixed methods study to understand the specific intervention components perceived by participants to have lasting impact?

Ideally, the fifth, or the last, phase of conducting mixed methods research deals with _____.

Mixed methods designs allow researchers the opportunity to use one data source to inform the development of a second data source.

The phases for conducting mixed methods research are intended to be linear and non-iterative.

Mixed methods researchers cannot specify a particular point of interface for the qualitative and quantitative foci of a study because both research strands occur simultaneously for the entire duration of the study.

In the context of mixing designs for research purposes, supplemental qualitative data can be embedded within a larger quantitative design.

Which of the following is a challenge associated with conducting mixed methods research?

The qualitative and quantitative foci of a mixed methods study can be determined to have equal priority.

Which of the following is true of a sequential design in the context of mixed methods designs?

It has been suggested that mixed methods research has the drawback of being less practical for researchers than strict adherence to qualitative or quantitative only designs.

According to Teddlie and Tashakkori (2011), _____ involves selecting and then synergistically integrating the most appropriate techniques from a myriad of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods to more thoroughly investigate a topic of interest.

In a concurrent mixed methods design, qualitative and quantitative data are simultaneously collected.

Identify the phase that can be a bit more involved when using mixed methods designs given the need to articulate the manner in which the qualitative and quantitative designs will be integrated.

A type of mixed methods design in which the need to use a second method is not known from study inception but rather becomes evident over the course of the research is referred to as a(n) _____.

In a mixed methods study, the qualitative and quantitative foci cannot be independent from one another.