Exam 16: Mixed Methods Designs

A) Participants may be further marginalized during the study.
B) The researcher may minimize the importance of a sample because of its size.
C) Interviews conducted during the intervention may influence outcomes.
D) Potentially disrupting the research sites.

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A) There are many worldviews and many methods that researchers can use.
B) There is a need for compatibility between worldview and method used.
C) There are major differences between quantitative and qualitative research.
D) The approach in research should be worldview first and then methods.

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A) convergent.
B) explanatory sequential.
C) exploratory sequential.
D) transformative.

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B

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A) convergent.
B) explanatory sequential.
C) exploratory sequential.
D) transformative.

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A) The use of both quantitative and qualitative data
B) The sequence of collecting quantitative and qualitative data
C) The integration of the quantitative and qualitative data
D) The use of quantitative and qualitative data in multiple studies

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A) reflecting on the characteristics and development of mixed methods.
B) creating figures that provide visualizations of the design.
C) mixing different forms of quantitative and qualitative data.
D) advocating for the applied nature of mixed methods research.

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The authors used the words,"individual differences" which is associated with qualitative research and the word,"intervention" which is associated with quantitative research.

A) The weaknesses of quantitative data are offset by the advantages of qualitative data.
B) Mixing different forms of data suggests that the researcher knows multiple forms of research.
C) Faculty committee members on a student's committee may not be familiar with qualitative research.
D) The use of two forms of data provides a complete picture of the databases.

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A) To converge two forms of qualitative data to better understand a trait.
B) To converge quantitative and qualitative data to better understand a problem.
C) To keep quantitative and qualitative data separate within a study.
D) To test the quantitative interpretations using qualitative data.

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See paragraphs 71-73 in which the resear...

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A) Is the instrument we develop in the second phase (as a result of exploring in the first phase) a better instrument that those available to measure the variables?
B) How do the quantitative and qualitative databases compare and present consistent findings or diverge and show contradictory findings?
C) How does the qualitative follow up data help us to better understand the quantitative first phase results?
D) How can the social issue be better addressed using results from both quantitative and qualitative findings?"

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A) She should consider identifying descriptions and themes.
B) She needs to match her data analysis strategy to her design.
C) She needs to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
D) She needs to identify how others have analyzed data in similar studies.

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A) A social justice mixed methods design
B) A convergent mixed methods design
C) An exploratory sequential mixed methods design
D) An explanatory sequential mixed methods design

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A) first converges the data.
B) begins to give unequal weight to one form of data.
C) involves other researchers in a study.
D) draws interpretations from unequal sample sizes.

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A) QUAL * (QUAN)
B) QUAL $\rarr$ QUAN
C) quan $\rarr$ QUAL
D) QUAL + QUAN

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A) The two forms of data may yield multiple perspectives.
B) The design requires extensive data collection that may stretch a researcher's resources.
C) The design is a newer approach to research relative to quantitative and qualitative.
D) The design cannot incorporate a theory.

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A) convergent.
B) explanatory sequential.
C) exploratory sequential.
D) transformative.

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