Deck 10: Studying Families: Mixed Methods

Question 1

A researcher plans to interview a small group of families about their experiences with the public school system.After the interviews, the researcher plans to conduct a larger survey of families on the same topic.What kind of approach is this researcher using?

A)exploratory design
B)triangulation
C)embedded design
D)explanatory mixed-methods design

Answer 1

A

Question 2

One of the reasons that mixed-methods approaches are becoming more popular in family research is because ______.

A)they are much simpler to use
B)researchers rarely use single methods approaches anymore
C)family forms are becoming more diverse
D)they have always been used in research on families

Answer 2

C

Question 3

If a study primarily uses interview data but adds survey data on a different phenomenon, then that study is using a ______.

A)exploratory design
B)triangulation design
C)embedded design
D)explanatory mixed-methods design

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Using a mixed-methods approach can strengthen the validity of a study, according to the text.

Question 5

How does triangulation differ from exploratory designs?

A)Triangulation only uses quantitative approaches.
B)Triangulation only uses qualitative approaches.
C)Triangulation requires researchers to use three different approaches.
D)Triangulation uses quantitative and qualitative methods simultaneously.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a mixed-model study?

A)a study that only uses qualitative methods
B)a study that uses qualitative data collection followed by quantitative data collection
C)a study that primarily uses qualitative data collection supplemented by quantitative data collection
D)a study that uses qualitative data collection and quantitative analysis

Question 7

Researchers tend to specialize in a few research strategies rather than trying to master all of them.

Question 8

A researcher is interested in truancy rates among adolescents.They choose to collect Internet survey data from a simple random sample of students at a local high school.The researcher chooses to use quantitative methods to analyze the data.This study is an example of a ______.

A)monomethod approach
B)mixed-method approach
C)mixed-model approach
D)sequential design

Question 9

Studies that use explanatory mixed-methods designs tend to start with ______ methods before using ______ methods.

A)mixed methods; monomethods
B)monomethods; mixed methods
C)quantitative; qualitative
D)qualitative; quantitative

Question 10

Using a ______ strategy allows researchers to use different methods during the same phase of the research process.

A)monomethod
B)mixed methods
C)mixed models
D)sequential designs

Question 11

Which of the following would best describe a study that could use qualitative or quantitative techniques, but will never use both techniques at the same time?

A)monomethod
B)mixed methods
C)mixed models
D)sequential designs

Question 12

Which of the following designs is the least common when studying families, according to the text?

A)exploratory design
B)triangulation
C)embedded design
D)explanatory mixed-methods design

Question 13

All researchers in the social sciences use mixed-methods approaches at some point in their careers.

Question 14

Mixed-methods studies only combine different qualitative approaches.

Question 15

Both exploratory designs and explanatory mixed-methods designs are sequential.