QUIZ 3: Chapter 25 Mixed Methods Flashcards
5 rationales for mixed methods
PIE CC 1. Practicality 2. Incrementality 3. Enhanced Validity 4. Complementarity 5. Collaboration
Which rationale (PIE CC) for mixed methods is described: “avoiding limitations of one approach”
Complementarity
Which rationale (PIE CC) for mixed methods is described: “often answer questions that cannot be answered any other way”
Practicality
Which rationale (PIE CC) for mixed methods is described: “addressing exploratory and confirmatory questions”
incrementality
Which rationale (PIE CC) for mixed methods is described: “testing alternative interpretations of data”
Enhanced Validity
Which rationale (PIE CC) for mixed methods is described: “cohesion between quant/qual researchers with similar problems to investigate”
Collaboration
Which is NOT a purpose of using mixed methods: 1. when concepts are new or poorly understood 2. when findings from 1 approach can be greatly enhanced by 2nd source of data 3. when just 1 approach does not address the problem 4. when quantitative results can be further clarified by another quantitative study
- when quantitative results can be further clarified by another quantitative study *when quantitative results can be further clarified by QUALITATIVE results
Which is NOT an application of MM? 1. Documentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building
- Documentation *Instrumentation is the application of MM
Which application of MM? 1. Instrumentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building *to develop structured instruments for clinical use and research; useful when construct is new; used to capture full dimensionality of instrument (clinical experience, theory, prior research)
- Instrumentation
Which application of MM? 1. Instrumentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building *takes clients’ perspective into account, qualitative phase could lend to developing elements of intervention, quantitative phase could lend to quantitative elements of testing feasibility of intervention, development of new effective intervention,
- Intervention Development
Which application of MM? 1. Instrumentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building *typically takes years to follow through & publish, followed by quantitative study to confirm insights,qualitative study to provide insight on new constructs
- Hypothesis Generation
Which application of MM? 1. Instrumentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building *corroborate statistical findings and guide interpretation of results, quantitative systematic views and qualitative more global and dynamic views
- Explication
Which application of MM? 1. Instrumentation 2. Intervention Development 3. Hypothesis Generation 4. Explication 5. Theory Building *provides good opportunity for confirmation of theory, theory gains acceptance the more it is supported
- Theory Building
T/F *In MM research, there are typically 2 research questions
TRUE
T/F *In MM research, the 2 types of data contradict each others findings
FALSE *the 2 types of data confirm each other or 1 type helps explain the other
Which is NOT a key decision in MM design? 1. How will you SEQUENCE the MM design? 2. How will you MEASURE the quantitative portion? 3. How will you INTEGRATE the MM design? 4. What SPECIFIC MM design will you select?
- How will you MEASURE the quantitative portion?
2 ways to sequence the MM design
- Sequential 2. Concurrent
Which type of SEQUENCE of MM design is described? * data not collected at same time * qualitative collected first, then quantitative (EQUAL qual –> quan * QUAN first –> qual (QUANT dominant) * analysis and interpretation in 1 phase informs the 2nd
Sequential
Which type of SEQUENCE of MM design is described? * data collected at same time * sometimes called parallel or simultaneous * QUAN + QUAL (equal) * QUAL + quan (qualitative dominant)
Concurrent
What are 3 features of INTEGRATING MM design?
- integrating 2. connecting 3. embedding
Which feature of INTEGRATING MM design is described? 1. integrating 2. connecting 3. embedding *data embedded at design level
embedding
Which feature of INTEGRATING MM design is described? 1. integrating 2. connecting 3. embedding *qual and quan data collected sequentially in time
connecting
Which feature of INTEGRATING MM design is described? 1. integrating 2. connecting 3. embedding *qual and quan data collected at same time; even through data transformation
integrating
4 MM designs
- convergent parallel design 2. explanatory sequential design 3. exploratory sequential design 4. embedded design
Which type of MM design is described? 1. convergent parallel design 2. explanatory sequential design 3. exploratory sequential design 4. embedded design
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Explanatory Sequential
Which type of MM design is described? 1. convergent parallel design 2. explanatory sequential design 3. exploratory sequential design 4. embedded design
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Exploratory Sequential
Which type of MM design is described? 1. convergent parallel design 2. explanatory sequential design 3. exploratory sequential design 4. embedded design *
Embedded Design
Which type of MM design is described? 1. convergent parallel design 2. explanatory sequential design 3. exploratory sequential design 4. embedded design
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Convergent
3 types of sampling in MM studies
- Identical sampling 2. Parallel sampling 3. Nested sampling
Which type of MM sampling? * same people in both components of study *everyone takes quan survey & asked probing questions
- Identical sampling
Which type of MM sampling? * samples in 2 strands are different * can occur in concurrent or sequential design
- Parallel sampling
Which type of MM sampling? * participants in qual strand are subset of quan strand * common in embedded design
- Nested sampling
3 ways to analyze MM data
- interpretive integration 2. conversion of quan and qual data 3. constructing metamatrices
Which analysis of MM data is described? 1. interpretive integration 2. conversion of quan and qual data 3. constructing metamatrices
* common in concurrent MM design
*Quantitative data analyzed using stats
* Qual data analyzed using qual methods
* 2 separate analysis are synthesized for overall interpretation
*focus on comparing 2 types of findings
- interpretive integration
Which type of Analysis of MM data?
* qual data are sometimes converted to numeric code and then analyzed quantitatively
* can also do Qual to Quan
Conversions of Quan and Qual data
Which type of Analysis of MM data?
* rows represent cases/individual participants
*data from multiple sources entered in columns
* good for identifying patterns
* good for makig comparison across data sources
Meta Matrix
Name 3 questions used to decide how to analyze MM data.
- What is the overall goal of the study?
- What will ne unit of analysis?
- Will integration occur at stage of analysis or integration stage?
- Is focus of study case or construct oriented?
- Will data be transformed or converted?
- Will direct comparison be made between Quan and Qual data?
- Will integration involve the use of specialized software?
