Question 1

Census data are reported for what units?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals, families, and businesses 
B)  Primary schools, high schools, and universities 
C)  States, counties, and census tracts 
D)  Regulatory commissions, government agencies, and government departments

Question 2

Secondary data analysis involves using prexisting data to answer a different research question that intended by the people who collected the data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

This design involves a series of quantitative and qualitative designs; each design and the findings inform the next phase.

Accepted Answer

A)  Complex design 
B)  Embedded design 
C)  Stage design 
D)  Explanatory sequential design

Question 4

Discuss the views of methodological purists, methodological pluralists, and methodological pragmatists in regards to mixed methods.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the views of methodological purists, methodological...

Question 5

Big data is emerging as a way of understanding huge quantities of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

QUAL + QUAN means that the qualitative design comes first followed by the quantitative design.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

It is important to know how missing information was treated because:

Accepted Answer

A)  You want to be able to link information. 
B)  You want to know if an operation was designed to insert responses for missing data. 
C)  You want to best understand how the goals of the study were related to missing data. 
D)  It has no impact on your analysis.

Question 8

Imputed data are often used for missing responses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss why researchers use mixed methods.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss why researchers use mixed methods....

Question 10

Researchers may choose to use mixed methods when they want to explore new or understudied phenomena and then test findings from the qualitative research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Secondary data analysis is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Collecting your own data and doing several different analyses. 
B)  The analysis of only quantitative data collected by someone else. 
C)  The analysis of prexisting qualitative and quantitative data. 
D)  Getting a second opintion about the analysis of data.

Question 12

Which one of the following is not an advantage of secondary data analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  It saves time and money. 
B)  It facilitates comparison with other samples. 
C)  It often includes many more variables and a more diverse sample. 
D)  Data analysis is more straight forward than when collecting your own data.

Question 13

Creswell (2010) has helped popularize a simple notational system for distinguishing different ways of mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. This system distinguishes the priority given to one method over the other and the sequence in which they are used in a research project. Give two examples of this system.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Creswell (2010) has helped popularize a simple...

Question 14

Two key decisions about mixed-methods designs are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sample and sequence. 
B)  Ample and priority. 
C)  Sequence and priority. 
D)  Explanation and priority.

Question 15

QUAN means that the design is given priority in importance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Methodological ________ believe that only qualitative or quantitative methods provide adequate tools for investigating the educational world.

Accepted Answer

A)  Purists 
B)  Pragmatists 
C)  Pluralists 
D)  Professors

Question 17

It is impossible to link an individual's responses to the individual when using big data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The primary method used in a mixed-methods project is written as:

Accepted Answer

A)  QUAN or QUAL 
B)  Quan or qual 
C)  Quan + Qual 
D)  Quan(qual)

Exam 12: Secondary Data Analysis and Mixed Methods

Census data are reported for what units?

Secondary data analysis involves using prexisting data to answer a different research question that intended by the people who collected the data.

This design involves a series of quantitative and qualitative designs; each design and the findings inform the next phase.

Discuss the views of methodological purists, methodological pluralists, and methodological pragmatists in regards to mixed methods.

Big data is emerging as a way of understanding huge quantities of data.

QUAL + QUAN means that the qualitative design comes first followed by the quantitative design.

It is important to know how missing information was treated because:

Imputed data are often used for missing responses.

Discuss why researchers use mixed methods.

Researchers may choose to use mixed methods when they want to explore new or understudied phenomena and then test findings from the qualitative research.

Secondary data analysis is:

Which one of the following is not an advantage of secondary data analysis?

Two key decisions about mixed-methods designs are:

QUAN means that the design is given priority in importance.

Methodological ________ believe that only qualitative or quantitative methods provide adequate tools for investigating the educational world.

It is impossible to link an individual's responses to the individual when using big data.

The primary method used in a mixed-methods project is written as: