In General,research Is Evaluated Based on Whether It's Well Done,valid

Essay

In general,research is evaluated based on whether it's well done,valid and reliable,and useful.Why,then,are open-mindedness and explicitness of assumptions and biases hallmarks of well-done qualitative research?
Chapter,your students will learn to identify situations in which mixed-methods
designs are useful,describe general characteristics and purposes of various mixed-methods
designs,describe effective strategies for planning and conducting mixed-methods studies,and
explain how some mixed-methods research projects may require two or more separate proposal
submissions to an institutional review board.
Activities Embedded in the etext
MyLab Education Application Exercise 9.1: Planning Mixed-Methods Research
MyLab Education Application Exercise 9.2: Selecting a Mixed-Methods Research Design
MyLab Education Application Exercise 9.3: Conducting Mixed-Methods Research
MyLab Self-Checks for Each Learning Objective
Additional Activities to Consider
This activity will give students practice with recognizing and critiquing mixed-methods research methodology commonly used in the research literature.
Have students form groups of about five.Give each group a set of articles that employ mixed-methods research covered in the Chapter 1 activity may provide plenty of samples for this activity.If not,you'll want to add articles to the sample set to assure that the students are working with a rich set of appropriate examples.