Chapter.29 Mixed Methods Test Bank Answers 1st Edition

Chapter 29: Mixed methods

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 1

1) What is it called when qualitative and quantitative methods are used together to balance out strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches?

a. Pluralism

b. Completeness

c. Triangulation

d. Complementarity

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 2

2) Which is not a reason why a researcher might use a mixed methods design?

a. Variable correlation

b. Theory development

c. Instrument development

d. Intervention evaluation

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 3

3) Which term refers to the use of any methodology to address the research question, regardless of the philosophical differences between quantitative and qualitative methodologies?

a. Transformation

b. Purism

c. Pragmatism

d. Social justice

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 4

4) In which type of mixed methods design do the qualitative and quantitative elements happen at the same time?

a. Multiphase

b. Sequential

c. Concomitant

d. Complex

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 5

5) In a mixed methods study to develop and test a new instrument, upon which element of the study is greater emphasis typically placed?

a. Qualitative element.

b. Quantitative element.

c. Equal emphasis is placed upon the quantitative and qualitative elements.

d. Varying emphasis is placed upon the quantitative and qualitative elements during the research.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 6

6) Which is not an appropriate ethical consideration when the same participants are used in both parts of a sequential mixed methods study?

a. Ensuring participants are not allowed to drop out before the later part of the study

b. Gaining participants’ permission to contact them about the later part of the study.

c. Reaffirming participants’ consent for the later part of the study.

d. Gaining participants’ permission to store their contact details.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 7

7) Which is not a potential practical barrier to integration and integrity of the two approaches within a mixed methods design?

a. Ensuring teams of researchers work well together.

b. Needing the necessary skills.

c. Having the necessary resources.

d. Ensuring the qualitative and quantitative elements happen at the same time.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 8

8) A single Method section is most likely to be appropriate for which type of mixed methods design?

a. Sequential

b. Concomitant

c. Multiphase

d. Complex

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 9

9) In which section of a mixed methods report would you expect to see consideration of the philosophical challenges involved in combining quantitative and qualitative approaches?

a. Introduction

b. Method

c. Results

d. Discussion

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 29 Question 10

10) What does the term analytical pluralism refer to?

a. The use of more than one qualitative data collection method.

b. The use of both a qualitative and quantitative data collection method.

c. The use of more than one qualitative technique to analyse the same set of data.

d. The use of both a qualitative and quantitative technique to analyse the same set of data.