Introduction

Question 0

What are qualitative methods?

Answer 0

Detailed and in-depth methods of research favoured by interpretivists e.g time use diaries and semi-structured interviews using mostly open questions to allow H&H to prove fathering interactions

Question 1

Mixed methods

Answer 1

More than one research method e.g time use diaries and semi-structured interviews

Question 3

Type of data that mixed/qualitative methods bring

Answer 3

Can generate the same but often used to generate different types of data e.g qualitative and quantitative
Closed questionnaire and open interview

Question 4

Why is it likely that the interviews consisted of mostly open questions?

Answer 4

Because H&H research focused on qualitative methodology

Question 5

Semi-structured interviews

Answer 5

A mix of open and closed questions (mostly open) to get qualitative data favoured by interpretivists

Question 6

Can semi-structured interviews be valid/reliable?

Answer 6

Can be high in validity but aren’t reliable as another researcher using the same method is unlikely to get the same/similar results

Question 8

What data did the time use diaries collect?

Answer 8

Some quantitative but mostly qualitative data

Question 12

Research issue

Answer 12

Fathering (however it is worded in the question)

Question 13

What is mixed methods also known as?

Answer 13

Methodological pluralism

Question 14

What does methodological pluralism do?

Answer 14

It gives a fuller picture of the research issue.

Question 15

What is triangulation?

Answer 15

Using mixed methods is also a form of triangulation

Cross checking the data for reliability and validity