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WorksheetsMixed Methods
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 22mins
A researcher during one semester surveys high school students about their attitudes toward tobacco use and also conducts focus group interviews on the same topic with students. The researcher analyzes the survey data quantitatively and the focus group qualitatively and then compares the two sets of results to assess in what ways the results about adolescent attitudes converge and diverge.
Sequential transformative design
Explanatory sequential design
Exploratory sequential design
Convergent design
The researcher collects and analyzes quantitative survey data to identify significant predictors of adolescent tobacco use. Finding a surprising association between participation in extracurricular activities and tobacco use, the researcher conducts qualitative focus group interviews with adolescents who are actively involved in extracurricular activities to attempt to explain the unexpected result.
Sequential transformative design
Explanatory sequential design
Exploratory sequential design
Convergent design
The researcher collects qualitative stories about adolescents’ attempts to quit smoking and analyzes the stories to identify the conditions, contexts, strategies, and consequences of adolescent quit attempts. Considering the resulting categories as variables, the researcher develops a quantitative survey instrument and then uses it to assess the overall prevalence of these variables for a large number of adolescent smokers.
Sequential transformative design
Explanatory sequential design
Exploratory sequential design
Convergent design
What is the notation for a convergent design?
QUAN + QUAL
QUAN -->qual
QUAL-->quan
qual --> quan
What is the notation for a explanatory sequential design?
QUAN + QUAL
QUAN -->qual
QUAL-->quan
qual --> quan
What is the notation for a exploratory sequential design?
QUAN + QUAL
QUAN -->qual
QUAL-->quan
qual --> quan
Write a specific aim using one of the mixed methods design
Briefly restate the design (e.g., convergent, explanatory sequential) followed by a brief statement about your research approach
