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McMillanEducational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer
Woolfolk / PerryChild and Adolescent Development © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Sixth Edition
McMillanEducational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Mixed-Method Designs
Chapter 11
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Designs combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data
Advantages• Incorporates the strengths of both qualitative and
quantitative approaches• Provides a more comprehensive view of the
phenomena being studied• Does not limit the data being collected• Includes triangulation to enhance credibility of
findings
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Disadvantages and limitations• Requires expertise in both methods• May require more extensive data collection
and resources• It is popular to claim the use of mixed
method design even though one method is used superficially
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Three types of designs• Sequential Explanatory• Sequential Exploratory• Concurrent Convergent• See Table 11.3 for advantages and
challenges of each design
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Sequential Explanatory designs• Quantitative data are collected first with qualitative
data collection following• Use of a questionnaire to provide an overview of
students’ attitudes toward drug testing programs followed by several in-depth interviews of specific students with positive and negative attitudes (i.e., maximum variation sampling) to understand how those attitudes were shaped.
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Sequential Exploratory designs• Qualitative data are collected first with quantitative
data collection following• A few interviews with students and a content
analysis of several surveys allowed a researcher to determine the important factors around which an attitudinal scale on drug testing programs was developed. Administration of this survey gave an overall view of students’ attitudes to a specific program being used at a local school.
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Concurrent convergent designs• Quantitative and qualitative data are collected at
the same time to provide a more comprehensive and complete set of data
• Triangulation designs are used when researchers use qualitative methods to expand on quantitative findings.
• The use of a scale addressing attitudes toward drug testing programs could be administered to the students in a school. Information from focus groups and interviews could be used to confirm the conclusions drawn from the survey.
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Design considerations in mixed-method research• Rationale for a mixed method design• Priority or weighting of each method• Whether the timing of data collection will
be sequential or concurrent• How will the qualitative and quantitative
data be combined or merged
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Seven steps to conduct mixed method research• Determine the feasibility of a mixed method design• Determine the rationale for a mixed method design• Determine the design, types of data, and collection
strategies• Determine specific quantitative and qualitative
research questions• Collect data• Analyze data• Write the report
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Mixed-Methods Designs
Evaluating a mixed method design• Has the researcher matched the purpose
and questions to appropriate methods?• Has the researcher adhered to the criteria
for quantitative and qualitative criteria?• Are limitations appropriately acknowledged?• How has the researcher integrated the
results?