Mixed methods ( research methods)

Question 1

what are mixed methods

Answer 1

use of two or more methods in a surfy which can be used to check the data from one method , and it’s the data from another method ( triangulation )

Question 2

what are strengths of mixed methods

Answer 2

• can be representative and therefore be generalised
• add qualitative research to quantitative
• increases validity
• can weigh out strengths and weaknesses of each method

Question 3

what are limitations of mixed methods

Answer 3

• time and cost
• high level of skill required - training which takes time and is costly
• careful analysis
• can become complicated

Question 4

what’s the moonies by elieen barker study

Answer 4

• used participant observation , questionnaires and in depth interviews
• the moonies are a unification church - where over thousands of people have a wedding ceremony together with a person they just met.

Question 5

what is the bouncers and crime in the city by simon winlow study

Answer 5

used participant observation , informal interviews and secondary data in his study .
studied bouncers and crime in the city

Question 6

what’s the study of sex work by teela sanders

Answer 6

used the internet as a secondary source of data as well as carrying out email and face to face interviews and observations in her study of sex work

Question 7

what’s the study of the tea room trade by laud humphrey’s

Answer 7

used participant observation to look at gay men having sex in public bathrooms
- recorded their number plate
- used unstructured interviews with their wives