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Chapter 17: Mixed Research
Learning Objectives
- List the major strengths and limitations of qualitative research.
- List the major strengths and limitations of quantitative research.
- Define mixed research (i.e., it is also called mixed methods research).
- List several synonyms for the term mixed research.
- Explain how to use the notational system that is used to depict mixed research designs.
- Compare and contrast the nine mixed methods research designs.
- List and explain Greene, Caracelli, and Graham’s (1989) five purposes or rationales for conducting mixed research.
- Describe the eight major steps in the mixed research process.
- Explain the strengths and limitations of mixed research
Multiple Choice
1. Strengths of quantitative research include all but which of the following?
a. Confounding variables are controlled for
b. Ability to make conclusions about cause and effect relationships
c. Observing behavior in natural settings
d. Generalizing results to larger populations.
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Which of the following is NOT closely related to mixed research or a synonym to it?
a. Mixed methods research
b. Multiplism
c. Multimethod research
d. Quan-qual research
Learning Objective: 4
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Mixed researchers usually agree with the _______.
a. Incompatibility thesis
b. Compatibility thesis
c. Realism thesis
d. Metaphysical thesis
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The compatibility thesis:
a. States that quantitative and qualitative methods can be used together
b. Allows for violations of the assumptions of each research methodology
c. Suggests using quantitative approaches more than qualitative approaches
d. Suggests using qualitative approaches more than quantitative approaches
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Which of the following is a strength of quantitative research?
a. It is useful when studying large numbers of people
b. Data are based on the participants’ own categories of meaning
c. It can describe in rich detail phenomena as they are situated and embedded in local contexts
d. The researchers’ theories will always reflect local constituencies’ understandings
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which of the following is a strength of quantitative research?
a. It is a strong method for testing hypotheses that are constructed before the data are collected
b. It is the only method that can determine ideographic causation
c. It is the best method for describing in rich detail phenomena as they are situated and embedded in local contexts
d. Findings might be too abstract and general for application to unique situations
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Which of the following is a characteristic or strength of qualitative research?
a. It is a good methodology to use when studying large groups of people
b. Data are based on the participants’ own categories of meaning
c. It results in exact numerical data
d. It is useful for determining nomothetic causation
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. A limitation of quantitative research is:
a. It is difficult to test hypotheses and theories with large participant pools
b. Data analysis is extremely time-consuming
c. It generally has lower credibility with commissioners of programs
d. The researcher might miss out on some phenomena because of the focus on theory or hypothesis testing rather than on theory or hypothesis generation
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is a strength of mixed research?
a. The researcher can generate and test a grounded theory
b. More resources are required to complete the study.
c. The researcher has to do a great deal of work
d. Completing a research study takes a long time
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.4
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. The researcher should use a mixture or combination of methods that has complementary strengths (broadly viewed) and nonoverlapping weaknesses. What is it?
a. Mixed model research
b. Mixed methods research
c. The fundamental principle of mixed research
d. The fundamental principle of constructivism
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Which is true about this design: QUAL+QUAN?
a. It is an equal-status concurrent mixed methods design
b. It is an equal-status sequential mixed methods design
c. It is a primary status concurrent mixed methods design
d. It is a primary status sequential mixed methods design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. What type of design is QUAL QUAN?
a. It is an equal-status concurrent mixed methods design
b. It is an equal-status sequential mixed methods design
c. It is a primary status concurrent mixed methods design
d. It is a primary status sequential mixed methods design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. What type of design is indicated by QUAN+qual?
a. It is an equal-status concurrent mixed methods design
b. It is an equal-status sequential mixed methods design
c. It is a primary status concurrent mixed methods design
d. It is a primary status sequential mixed methods design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Max has indicated that the design for his study can be summarized by qual
a. It is an equal-status concurrent mixed methods design
b. It is an equal-status sequential mixed methods design
c. It is a primary status concurrent mixed methods design
d. It is a primary status sequential mixed methods design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Mike is providing a rationale for his use of a mixed methods design by indicating that he seeks convergence, corroboration, and correspondence of results from different methods. What purpose for using mixed methods is he using?
a. Triangulation
b. Complementarity
c. Initiation
d. Expansion
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. What is this rationale for mixed research: Seeks elaboration, enhancement, illustration, and clarification of the results from one method with the results from another method?
a. Triangulation
b. Complementarity
c. Initiation
d. Expansion
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. What is this rationale for mixed research: Seeks the discovery of paradox and contradiction, new perspectives of frameworks, and the recasting of questions or results from one method with questions or results from the other method?
a. Triangulation
b. Complementarity
c. Initiation
d. Expansion
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. What is this rationale for mixed research: Seeks to extend the breadth and range of inquiry by using different methods for different inquiry components?
a. Triangulation
b. Complementarity
c. Initiation
d. Expansion
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. What is this rationale for mixed research: Seeks to use the results from one method to develop or inform the other method? This can include issues surrounding sampling and implementation, as well as measurement decisions.
a. Triangulation
b. Complementarity
c. Initiation
d. Development
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. In order to select one of the mixed method research designs, the researcher must answer questions about:
a. If the breadth of inquiry will be broadened or not
b. The status of the two approaches and if they will be implemented sequentially or not
c. Whether the study will be data driven or theory driven
d. If participants should be randomly selected or randomly assigned
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Select or Construct the Mixed Research Design and Mixed Sampling Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. In a qualitatively driven mixed design:
a. Qualitative methods predominate but quantitative data are collected
b. Qualitative data are collected before quantitative data are collected
c. Qualitative methods are used to collect quantitative data
d. Equal emphasis is placed on qualitative and quantitative aspects of the study
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. In a quantitatively driven mixed design:
a. Quantitative methods predominate but qualitative data are collected
b. Quantitative data are collected before qualitative data are collected
c. Quantitative methods are used to collect q qualitative data
d. Equal emphasis is placed on qualitative and quantitative aspects of the study
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Mark is conducting a mixed method research design. He will interview participants about their reactions to different instructional methods and then give them a questionnaire about instructional method preferences. His analysis will focus on the interview data, with the quantitative providing collaborating data to the qualitative data. Which of the following describes his design?
a. QUAN+QUAL
b. QUAL+QUAN
c. QUAL+quan
d. Quan+QUAL
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard
24. Mixed methods research:
a. involves participants from mixed demographic backgrounds
b. combines qualitative and quantitative methods
c. collects data from multiple, mixed sources
d. uses qualitative methods and quantitative data analysis
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Which of the following statements does NOT represent a purpose for mixed research?
a. Triangulation
b. Development
c. Initiation
d. Manipulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Roberta’s mixed research project is based on using mixed methods to discover contradictions and varying perspectives that might challenge his research questions. The purpose for his mixed methods research is:
a. Completion
b. Competition
c. Initiation
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Which of the following is NOT one of the major steps in the mixed research process?
a. Write the research report
b. Reconcile data
c. Continually validate data
d. Determine the rationale for implementing a mixed design
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stages in the Mixed Research Process
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. Which of the following is NOT one of the major steps in the mixed research process?
a. Prioritize one of the methodologies
b. Collect data
c. Continually interpret data and findings
d. Select or construct research and sampling designs
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stages in the Mixed Research Process
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. Which of the following is one of the limitations of mixed research?
a. Insights and understanding emerge that would not be evident with one method or the other
b. Broader and more research questions can be answered
c. Researchers need to be competent in qualitative and quantitative methodologies
d. One of the methodologies can provide feedback for the other method
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.4, Limitations of Mixed Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Qualitizing involves which of the following?
a. Converting quantitative data to qualitative form
b. Converting qualitative data to quantitative form
c. Converting quantitative data to quantitative form
d. Converting qualitative data to qualitative form
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data.
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. Quantitizing involves which of the following?
a. Converting quantitative data to qualitative form
b. Converting qualitative data to quantitative form
c. Converting quantitative data to quantitative form
d. Converting qualitative data to qualitative form
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data.
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. A researcher interviews students to find out their experiences in an educational research class and later constructs a frequency distribution that shows the number of times words such as anxiety or fun were used during the interviews. This is known as:
a. Hypothesis testing
b. Quantitizing
c. Qualitizing
d. Merging
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data.
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. A researcher generally follows the quantitative paradigm as her primary status research paradigm. However, to help her develop a standardized quantitative questionnaire, she first interviews 15 participants to help her understand the language and categories of the people in her target population. Which design is this?
a. Primary status sequential design
b. Equal-status sequential design
c. Primary status concurrent design
d. Equal-status concurrent design
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. A researcher wants to understand the culture of the band in a high school. He gives both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms equal weight. He first administers a standardized questionnaire to all of the band members. Later, he conducts 45 minute in-depth, open-ended interviews with all band members. Which design is this?
a. Primary status sequential design
b. Equal-status sequential design
c. Primary status concurrent design
d. Equal-status concurrent design
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. A researcher wants to understand why people are willing to handle snakes as a part or their church activities in several rural churches in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. She is a qualitative researcher, and she attends the church to observe and conduct interviews many of the church members. While she is there, “in the field,” she hands out a short quantitative instrument that measures several demographic indicators and will provide frequencies and percentages on the demographic characteristics. Which design is this?
a. Primary status sequential design
b. Equal-status sequential design
c. Primary status concurrent design
d. Equal-status concurrent design
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. A researcher wants to understand why people are willing to handle snakes as a part of their church activities in several rural churches in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. He makes qualitative observations at several churches but also hands out fairly lengthy instruments that quantitatively measure several constructs (IQ, religiosity, self-esteem, and political attitudes). He keeps the qualitative and quantitative data separately during analysis. He does some mixing during the discussion of his report as to how the qualitative and quantitative insights are related. Which design is this?
a. Primary status sequential design
b. Equal-status sequential design
c. Primary status concurrent design
d. Equal-status concurrent design
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. What procedure involves converting qualitative data into numerical codes and then using statistical analysis techniques with the data?
a. Qualitizing
b. Quantitizing
c. Data conversion
d. Mixing
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data.
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. What procedure involves converting quantitative data into narrative representations that can be analyzed qualitatively?
a. Qualitizing
b. Quantitizing
c. Data conversion
d. Mixing
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data.
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Which of the following is not one of the major steps in mixed data analysis?
a. Continually validate the data
b. Continually interpret the data
c. Analyze data
d. Qualitize the data
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Stages in the Mixed Research Process
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Which type of research tends to be more time-consuming and expensive?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Mixed
d. Cross-sectional
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Limitations of Mixed Research, Table 17.4
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. Dr. Sims conducted a mixed methods research study with the purpose of seeking convergence, corroboration, and correspondence of the results from the different methods. What is the formal name for this purpose?
a. Expansion
b. Development
c. Initiation
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. Dr. Hayes conducted a mixed methods research study with the purpose of seeking elaboration, enhancement, illustration, and clarification of the results from one method with the results from another method. What is the formal name for this purpose?
a. Expansion
b. Development
c. Complementarity
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
43. Dr. McLean conducted a mixed methods research study with the purpose of using the results from one method to help develop or inform the other method, where development is broadly construed to include sampling and implementation, as well as measurement decisions. What is the formal name for this purpose?
a. Expansion
b. Development
c. Initiation
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. Dr. Smith conducted a mixed methods research study with the purpose of seeking the discovery of paradox and contradiction, new perspectives of frameworks, and the recasting of questions or results from one method with questions or results from the other method. What is the formal name for this purpose?
a. Expansion
b. Development
c. Initiation
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
45. Dr. Shaw conducted a mixed methods research study with the purpose of seeking to extend the breadth and range of inquiry by using different methods for different inquiry components. What is the formal name for this purpose?
a. Augmentation
b. Development
c. Initiation
d. Expansion
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. A researcher wanted to understand why so many high school freshmen were failing mathematics. She first conducted in-depth interviews with 10 participants and then used this information to construct a structured questionnaire to be administered to a random sample of freshmen. This is an example of:
a. Expansion
b. Initiation
c. Development
d. Triangulation
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. Which of the following is not one of the mixed methods research designs provided in the book’s typology of designs?
a. QUAL+QUAN
b. QUAL+quan
c. QUALQUAN
d. QUAL QUAN
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. A mixed research design which relies more on qualitative approaches but has some quantitative data is known as:
a. qualitatively driven
b. quantitatively driven
c. fully balanced
d. a dominant design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. In Dr. Wright’s most current research publication, the majority of the data are quantitative. However, there are some qualitative data reported. This is an example of which type of research design?
a. Qualitatively driven
b. Quantitatively driven
c. Fully balanced
d. A dominant design
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
50. Which of the following is NOT a limitation of mixed research designs?
a. Mixed research designs usually require more time and resources
b. Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research is required
c. Sometimes the qualitative and quantitative data present contradictory findings
d. Only small numbers of people can be studied
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: comprehension
Answer Location: Limitations of Mixed Research
Difficulty Level: medium
51. Mixed research designs:
a. have been well-studied
b. have not had their merits evaluated
c. have been systematized
d. require few resources
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Limitations of Mixed Research, Table 17.3
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. The time orientation of mixed research refers to:
a. the time the quantitative and qualitative components will take to be completed
b. the time the quantitative and qualitative components will take to be analyzed
c. the time the quantitative and qualitative components will take to be designed
d. the concurrent or sequential nature of quantitative and qualitative components
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
53. Diane is planning a research study. She wants to develop a study through which she can test hypotheses, collect data quickly, and not spend a great deal of time analyzing her data. Which type of research would best meet these criteria?
a. Quantitative research
b. Qualitative research
c. Mixed research
d. All research paradigms will work equally well for her
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
54. Dr. Dabbs has just completed a research study. While it did not take her a long time to complete the study, he is disappointed because the results of the study are too abstract and not easily applicable to real-world settings. Dr. Dabbs’ research study probably used a:
a. Mixed methods design
b. Compatibility design
c. Qualitative design
d. Quantitative design
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
55. Dr. Lewis has been asked by the administration of his university to conduct research on undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the university. Based on the strengths and limitations of different research designs, which design should he choose to make the administrators happy?
a. Mixed methods design
b. Compatibility design
c. Qualitative design
d. Quantitative design
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
56. A researcher’s most current study confirmed the theory and hypotheses that he set out to test. However, he did not observe another occurrence that could better explain the results he found. This is a common weakness of which research design?
a. Qualitative design
b. Quantitative design
c. QUAN+QUAL
d. QUAL+QUAN
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
57. An inability to generalize is a limitation of which research methodology?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Qualitative dominant
d. Mixed
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Easy
58. Lack of matching to local conditions is a limitation of which research methodology?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Qualitative dominant
d. Mixed
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Easy
59. The identification of contextual variables is a strength of which research methodology?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Quantitative dominant
d. Mixed
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Easy
60. Carly is planning her master’s thesis. She is interested in understanding the experiences of a small group of first year elementary school teachers. Which type of research design would be best for her to use?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Comparison
d. Mixed
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Easy
61. Tyrone is planning a study. He wants to test a theory and collect and analyze data quickly. He has chosen a qualitative research design. What can you conclude?
a. He does not understand the limitations of qualitative research designs
b. He does not understand the limitations of quantitative research designs
c. He does not understand the strengths of qualitative research designs
d. He does not understand the limitations of quantitative research designs
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Medium
62. The collection of data in natural settings is a:
a. strength of quantitative research
b. limitation of quantitative research
c. strength of qualitative research
d. limitation of qualitative research.
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Easy
63. In which type of research paradigm are the researcher’s opinions most likely to influence the reported results?
a. Monomethods research
b. Mixed research
c. Quantitative research
d. Qualitative research
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction, Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Medium
64. “Methodological pluralism” is used to refer to:
a. Monomethods research
b. Mixed research
c. Quantitative research
d. Qualitative research
Learning Objective: 4
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
65. One of the strengths of mixed research as depicted in the book is:
a. The use of words, pictures, and narratives to amplify the numbers obtained
b. The credibility the method has with stakeholders
c. The abstract quality of the findings such studies produce
d. The knowledge base on the relative merits of mixed research designs
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
66. Mixed research designs:
a. rely on quantitative methods and qualitative data
b. are more efficient than quantitative designs
c. can include the complementary strengths of quantitative and qualitative methods
d. are widely accepted by methodological purists
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mixed Research Designs, Table 17.4
Difficulty Level: Medium
67. Strengths of mixed research include all of the following except:
a. the provision of multiple viewpoints about the research topic
b. the use of concurrent data collection by a single researcher
c. the strengths of one method counteract the weakness of the other
d. convergence and corroboration of findings strengthen the validity of the study
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.4
Difficulty Level: Medium
True-False
1. Mixed research never involves equal emphasis on quantitative and qualitative parts of the design.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. In the design, QUALQUAN we know that the qualitative and quantitative components were equally emphasized and that the qualitative component was conducted before the quantitative component.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. A researcher who was trained in quantitative research designs will tend to design a mixed research study that is qualitatively driven.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. A researcher who was trained in qualitative research designs will tend to design a mixed research study that is interactive.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Because mixed research involves expertise in qualitative and quantitative research design, several books suggest having multiple researchers involved in mixed research studies.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.4, Limitations of Mixed Resarch
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. A QUAL+quan design in mixed methods research is an “equal status” design.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. One difficulty when writing a mixed research report is the worry that the reader might not be well versed in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.4
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Multimethod research is another name for mixed research.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. By most accounts, it appears that mixed research is now accepted as the third research or methodological paradigm (with qualitative and quantitative research as the other two).
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. There is agreement on the one way that a mixed research report should be organized and written.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 8. Write the Research Report
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Online journals, book chapters, and breaking the research report into separate partial reports are the ways though which mixed methods researchers sometimes get around the problem that their research reports tend to be longer than monomethod studies.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 9,
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 8. Write the Research Report
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Sometimes in a mixed methods research study, the researcher will choose to quantitize some of the qualitative data or results.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Sometimes in a mixed methods research study, the researcher will choose to qualitize some of the quantitative data or results.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 5. Analyze the Data
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Mixed research designs vary in terms of the emphasis on qualitative and quantitative methods as well as the order in which the different methods are implemented in the study.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Mixed research is research in which quantitative and qualitative techniques are mixed in a single study.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 3
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. According to the symbol system used in mixed research design, a plus (i.e., +) sign represents the sequential collection of data.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. According to the symbol system used in mixed research design, an arrow (i.e., ) represents the concurrent collection of data.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. A strength of qualitative research designs is the time-efficient manner in which the data are collected and analyzed.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. The steps in mixed methods research should always be followed in a linear or sequential order.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Stages of the Mixed Research Process
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. In mixed research, validation of the data should only occur toward the end of a study.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Stages of the Mixed Research Process, Step 6. Continually Validate the Data
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. A mixed design should be used when a researcher wants the results from one method of investigation to provide information about sampling and implementation of the other.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. The typology of mixed research provided in the text was formed by crossing the dimension of time orientation with the dimension of paradigm emphasis.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 6
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. The combination of symbols QUAL quan says that the qualitative paradigm is the dominant paradigm used in the research study and a follow-up quantitative component is included in the study.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. To decide which mixed research design is needed, you need to answer these two questions: (1) Is the qualitative or quantitative paradigm going to be given priority, or will they be given equal status in your study? and (2) Should the qualitative and quantitative components be carried out concurrently or sequentially?
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 3. Select or Construct the Mixed Research Design and Mixed Sampling Design
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. A strength of qualitative research is being able to collect data from many participants in a relatively short period of time.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.2
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Strengths of quantitative research include the ability to generalize findings and test out theories.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. A strength of qualitative research is being able to understand individual’s experiences and interpretations of constructs.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 1
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. A weakness of quantitative research is how easily the results can be influenced by the researcher’s opinions.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 2
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 17.1
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Triangulation is used by researchers to put together results obtained through multiple measures collected by qualitative and quantitative methods.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. When a researcher uses mixed methods to extend the breadth and range of her inquiry, she is using mixed research based on a complementarity purpose.
a. True
b. False
Learning Objective: 7
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Explain the notational system that is used to describe mixed research designs.
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Explain how a researcher decides upon the design of his or her mixed research study.
Learning Objective: 8
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Step 1. Determine Whether a Mixed Design is Appropriate, Step 2. Determine the Rationale for Using a Mixed Design
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Describe how mixed research designs address the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative and qualitative methods.
Learning Objective:1, 2
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chapter Introduction,
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of mixed research.
Learning Objective: 9
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Table 17. 4, Limitations of Mixed Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. How do researchers decide if they should use a mixed research design?
Learning Objective:8
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Mixed Research Designs, Step 1. Determine Whether a Mixed Design is Appropriate
Difficulty Level: Medium
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