Exam 13: Mixing and Comparing Methods

Describe a mixed methods research project using a transformative design.

Which of the following is NOT a legitimate reason for using mixed methods?

Quantitative methods are preferred when investigating subjective reality.

The choice of a data collection method should be guided by whichever method is easiest to collect the data.

Choosing the appropriate data collection methods should be informed by consideration of the research problem, opportunities and resources, prior research, philosophical commitments, and research goals.

Propose a project with a multiphase design.

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about meta-analysis?

It always makes sense to mix methods in a research project.

Mixed methods research can strengthen the project's design by enhancing measurement validity, generalizability, causal validity, or authenticity.

A mixed methods project is automatically perceived as being more valid than a single methods project.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Testa and colleagues' research on rape?

Imagine that a colleague tells you that she would like to conduct a mixed-methods project. What advice would you give her?

Which of the following research designs use an idiographic approach to explain a causal relationship?

Which of the following research methods are primarily used in inductively oriented research?

The use of mixed methods research has decreased over the last 25 years.

The transformative design is unique because it uses a theoretical perspective with a social justice focus.

Paradigm wars refer to which of the following?

Kupchik's study would be classified as using which design?

Which research designs test nomothetic causal hypotheses?

Quantitative methods are used most often in ______ oriented research and qualitative methods are often used in ______ oriented research.