Deck 24: Basics of Mixed Methods Research

Question 1

Mixed methods studies involve at least how many questions that require different types of data?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

Answer 1

Two

Question 2

In terms of sequencing, mixed method designs can either be concurrent or sequential. What is a sequential design

A) Both strands occurring in one simultaneous phase.
B) Both strands occurring prior to informing the third and fourth strand.
C) One strand occurring prior to and informing the second strand
D) Two strands occurring prior to and informing the third and fourth strand.

Answer 2

Both strands occurring in one simultaneous phase.

Question 3

In terms of sequencing, mixed method designs can either be concurrent or sequential. What is a concurrent design?

A) Both strands occurring in one simultaneous phase.
B) Both strands occurring prior to informing the third and fourth strand.
C) One strand occurring prior to and informing the second strand.
D) Two strands occurring prior to and informing the third and fourth strand

Answer 3

One strand occurring prior to and informing the second strand.

Question 4

Notation for mixed method research designates both priority and sequence. How is priority identified for the dominant strand?

A) All capital letters
B) All lower-case letters
C) An arrow
D) Plus sign

Question 5

Notation for mixed method research designates both priority and sequence. How is sequence identified for the concurrent designs?

A) All capital letters
B) All lower-case letters
C) An arrow
D) Plus sign

Question 6

Notation for mixed method research designates both priority and sequence. How is sequence identified for the nondominant strand?

A) All capital letters
B) All lower-case letters
C) An arrow
D) Plus sign

Question 7

Notation for mixed method research designates both priority and sequence. What type of research is identified by QUAN(qual)?

A) Sequential, qualitative-dominant design
B) Sequential, qualitative-nondominant design
C) Qualitative component embedded within aquantitative study
D) Quantitative component embedded within a qualitative study

Question 8

There are specific mixed method designs in the Creswell-Plano Clark taxonomy. What do (QUAL + QUAN) represent?

A) Triangulation
B) Embedded
C) Explanatory
D) Exploratory

Question 9

There are specific mixed method designs in the Creswell-Plano Clark taxonomy. What does (QUAN ? qual or quan ? QUAL) represent?

A) Triangulation
B) Embedded
C) Explanatory
D) Exploratory

Question 10

There are specific mixed method designs in the Creswell-Plano Clark taxonomy. What does (QUAL ? quan or qual ? QUAN) represent?

A) Triangulation
B) Embedded
C) Explanatory
D) Exploratory

Question 11

What type of sampling strategy occurs when some of the participants from one strand are in the other strand?

A) Identical
B) Nested
C) Parallel
D) Multilevel

Question 12

What type of sampling strategy occurs when some of the participants are either in one strand or the other, but drawn from a similar population?

A) Identical
B) Nested
C) Parallel
D) Multilevel

Question 13

Data collection in mixed methods research can involve all methods of structured and unstructured data. In sequential designs, how are decisions about data collection made?

A) Second phase are based on findings from the first phase.
B) Third phase are based on findings from the first phase.
C) Fourth phase are based on findings from the second phase.
D) Fifth phase are based on findings from the fourth phase.

Question 14

Methods of integration of qualitative and quantitative data during analysis include data conversions. What is the use of meta- matrices mean?

A) Qualitizing of quantitative data
B) Quantitizing of qualitative data
C) Both qualitative and quantitative data are arrayed in a spreadsheet type of matrix.
D) Assessment of congruence and exploration of complementarity.

Question 15

Creswell and Plano Clark identified broad types of research situations that are especially well suited to mixed methods research. What is one of these types of research situations?

A) Concepts are new and poorly understoodand there is a need for quantitative exploration.
B) The qualitative results are puzzling and difficult to interpret and quantitative data can help to explain the results.
C) The findings from both approaches can be greatly enhanced with a third source of data.
D) Neither a qualitative nor a quantitative approach by itself is adequate in addressing the complexity of the research problem.

Question 16

The purpose of this design is to obtain different, but complementary data about the central phenomenon under study. What type of design has this purpose?

A) Triangulation
B) Embedded
C) Explanatory
D) Exploratory

Question 17

What type of research design involves the separate but concurrent collection of qualitative and quantitative data, followed by qualitative and quantitative analysis?

A) Convergence model
B) Data transformation model
C) Multilevel model
D) Correlational model

Question 18

What type of research design would use a correlational model?

A) Triangulation
B) Embedded
C) Explanatory
D) Exploratory

Question 19

Criteria that have been proposed for enhancing the integrity of mixed methods studies included inference quality and inference transferability. What is inference transferability?

A) The believability and accuracy of inductively derived conclusions.
B) The believability and accuracy of deductively derived conclusions.
C) The degree to which conclusions can be applied to different people or contexts.
D) The degree to which conclusions can be applied to similar people or contexts.