Class 8

Question 1

Goal of MM

Answer 1

discovery and verification

Question 2

Meta-inference

Answer 2

Generating a conclusion by integrating inferences from quantitative and qualitative strands of the MM study
More than the sum of its’ parts

Question 3

Advantages MM

Answer 3

• Complementarity: Numbers & Words
• Practicality: Well suited to real world needs
• Incrementality: Explores then confirms, confirms then explores
• Enhanced validity: Triangulation of methods tests alternative interpretations of the data
• Collaboration: Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary

Question 4

Pragmatism

Answer 4

A philosophical movement claiming that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that
unpractical ideas are to be rejected.

Question 5

Pragmatist paradigm

Answer 5

• The research question should drive the inquiry and determine the methods
• Whatever works best to arrive at good evidence

Question 6

Research situations for mixed methods

Answer 6

1. Concepts are new and poorly understood. Need qualitative exploration to direct quantitative examination
2. Complexity demands both types of inquiry
3. Findings from one type of inquiry will be enhanced by the other
4. Puzzling quantitative results require qualitative insights
5. Theory building and testing requires both approaches
6. A multiphase project, such as developing and assessing an intervention, requires both approaches

Question 7

Sequencing

Answer 7

concurrent: collected at the same time, QUAL + QUAND
sequential: QUAN == QUAN

Question 8

Quan == qual

Answer 8

explanatory design

Question 9

qual == quan

Answer 9

exploratory design

Question 10

Mixed Methods Research Process

Answer 10

Overarching research goal
Strand 1 (quantitative)
Strand 2 (qualitative)
Integrate and draw inferences
MetaInference