Research Paradigms and Mixed-Methods Design Quiz

Which research paradigm follows the objective route and advocates the gathering of objectively verifiable facts using quantitative means?

• Interpretivism

• Positivism

• Constructivism

• Post-Positivism

What is the milder form of positivism that allows more interaction between the researcher and research participants?

• Constructivism

• Interpretivism

• Post-Positivism

• Positivism

Which research paradigm respects the subjective meaning of social action?

• Constructivism

• Interpretivism

• Post-Positivism

• Positivism

Which research paradigm is guided by the belief that knowledge is built up socially through human interaction with the real world?

• Post-Positivism

• Constructivism

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

What do researchers adopting a pragmatist position have the liberty to choose?

• Research outcomes

• Research questions

• Research participants

• Research methods

Which mixed-methods design integrates philosophical frameworks of both post-positivism and interpretivism?

• Constructivism

• Pragmatism

• Explanatory Sequential Design

• Convergent Parallel Mixed Method Design

What does the use of mixed-methods enable researchers to do?

• Answer research questions with limited depth and breadth

• Answer research questions with sufficient depth and breadth

• Answer research questions with breadth only

• Answer research questions with depth only

What does 'priority' refer to in the context of mixed-methods research?

• Relative importance of the research outcomes

• Relative importance of the research participants

• Relative importance of the qualitative and quantitative data for answering research questions

• Relative importance of the research questions

What does 'level of interaction' refer to in the context of mixed-methods research?

• Extent to which qualitative and quantitative approaches are kept separate

• Extent to which qualitative and quantitative approaches interact with each other

• Extent to which qualitative and quantitative approaches are kept independent

• Extent to which qualitative and quantitative approaches overlap

What does 'timing' refer to in the context of mixed-methods research?

• Data analysis only

• Entire quantitative and qualitative strands, not just data collection

• Data collection only

• Entire qualitative and quantitative strands, not just data collection