RM2 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Al Nashmi (2012)
The authors conducted a mixed methods study to examine types of discourse on online discussion boards in the Arab world
Methods: Content coding, quantitizing of the content codes
Analysis: Descriptive statistics, Chi-square to find out which topics were most popular in certain countries
Findings: Government topics were popular in all countries, Comments about US were negative
Bleich et al (2010)
The authors conducted a mixed methods study to examine whether black women are more prone to obesity. Secondary data from national health statistics survey showed that black women are more prone to obesity than other ethnicities
METHOD: In-person surveys of women who lived in a low income integrated neighborhood in B-more
ANALYSIS: Used a T-test to see if there were significant differences in obesity between black and white women
FINDINGS: no significant difference
CONCLUSION: The built environment affects healthcare outcomes. Women in mostly black neighborhoods suffer from a built environment that negatively affects health.
Bracket et al (2004)
Bracket et al (2004) examined the association between emotional intelligence and harmful life behaviors for men and women.
Method: Surveyed undergraduates using survey for EI and lifestyle choices
Analysis: Pearson product movement correlation
Findings: Significant negative correlation between EI and harmful behaviors such as drinking and smoking for men.
Braun and Clarke (2006)
The authors provide an overview of thematic content analysis. A theme is something important that helps answer a research questions. Six steps: 1. Familiarize self with data 2. Apply initial codes 3. Search for themes 4. Review themes 5. Name and define themes 6. Produce report
Brinkman and Kvale (2005)
The authors argue that qualitative research is not inherently good.
It can produce both micro-level and macro level oppressions.
Focus groups are find on the micro-level but they can be used to cause harm through manipulation at the macro level.
Asymetrical powerbalance
Actively confronting interviews can help reduce power imbalance
Creswell and Miller (2000)
The types of validity strategies that a researcher uses depends on the lens and paradigm that the researcher uses.
Lenses: Researcher, participant, external
Paradigms: Postpositive, Constructivist, Critical
Guba (1981)
QUAL=Naturalistic Researcher is the instrument 4 aspects of trustworthiness: Credibility Dependability Transferability Confirmability
Hernandez et al (2015)
Three minority immigrant scholars wrote an auto-ethnography to describe difficulties they faced in their academic work
Their intersecting identities affected their work in multiple ways.
1. They used multifocal lenses to view themselves
2. They reconfigured their identities
3. They challenged the status quo
Hsieh and Shannon (2005)
The authors provided an overview of different approaches to content coding.
Choose the type that fits your research goals
1. Conventional content coding (inductive/emergent)
2. Directed content coding (deductive)
3. Summative (quantitizing)
Kerrigan (2014)
The author conducted a MM study to understand what drives data driven decision making at colleges.
DESIGN: Convergent parallel mixed methods design
PARTICIPANTS: Faculty and staff at different colleges
INSTRUMENTS: A survey about data use practices and focus group interviews
FINDINGS: There was no correlation between the amount of technology available and the prevalance of data driven decision making. There was a positive correlation between technology skills and use of data.
QUAL themes: Increased collaboration and support from leadership helped promote use of data.
McConney, Rudd, and Ayers (2002)
The authors created a process for how to resolve divergent data results in mixed methods research.
The goal was to give researchers a tool they could use to help synthesize the results of program evaluations in order to make summative decisions about funding.
The authors created a rating system to rate both the quality of the data and the effect size of the results. By combining these results they could derive a single number that could help you decide whether a program was of value overall.
Onwuegbuzie and Leech (2006)
The authors provided a definition of mixed methods research:
“MM research is a process for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting both quantitative and qualitative data, using input from subject-matter experts.”
The authors argue that developing mixed methods goals and research questions is an iterative process that requires periodic revision.
Taskakkori and Teddlie (2006)
The authors argue that mixed methods is the third research paradigm and it is pragmatic in nature
They describe three main advantages of MM research:
- It increases the quality of inferences
- You can answer a wider range of research questions
- It allows for diverse voices and divergent views
Thompson (2002)
The author argues that it is important to consider three types of significance:
- Statistical significance (non-random)
- Practical significance (non-trivial)
- Clinical significance (improves lives)
Burdick-Will (2013)
“School Violent Crime and Academic Achievement”
- Burdick-Will examined incidents of school-based violent crime in Chicago neighborhoods over eight years.
- Used Secondary data from crime reports and student achievement on standardized tests
- Higher crime in neighborhoods of certain schools led to lower standardized test scores but not course grades
- Conclusion: higher crime leads to lower expectations for students and lower trust of teachers
