Deck 27: Mixed Methods Research: Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Question 1

What are the two main arguments against the use of mixed methods research? Please select all that apply.

A) That it's too much work
B) That research methods carry epistemological commitments
C) That quantitative and qualitative are separate paradigms
D) That researchers rarely have both skills

Answer 1

B,C

Question 2

The term "mixed methods" stands for research that integrates qualitative and quantitative research within a single project.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following are versions of the debate about the nature of qualitative and quantitative research? Please select all that apply.

A) A philosophical version
B) A psychological version
C) A technical or practical version
D) A sociological version

Answer 3

A,C

Question 4

Mixed methods research is rare in business research and is very difficult to publish.

Question 5

Which of the following has not been a focus for writers concerned with mixed methods research?

A) The priority and order through quantitative and qualitative research were carried out
B) Which method offers the superior insight into the nature of reality
C) The different types of mixed methods design
D) The purpose of doing mixed methods research

Question 6

What are the two key decisions facing those engaged in mixed methods research? Please select all that apply.

A) The priority decision
B) The software decision
C) The epistemological decision
D) The sequence decision

Question 7

The convergent parallel design gives more priority to quantitative than qualitative research in the design of a project.

Question 8

The exploratory sequential design entails the collection of qualitative data prior to the collection of quantitative data.

Question 9

The explanatory sequential design entails the collection and analysis of qualitative data followed by quantitative data to substantiate the findings.

Question 10

The embedded design can have either quantitative or qualitative as the priority approach but draws on the other approach as well in the context of the study.

Question 11

Triangulation implies that the results of an investigation employing a method associated with one research strategy are cross-checked against the results of using a method associated with the other research strategy.

Question 12

How can qualitative research facilitate quantitative research? Please select all that apply.

A) Provides hypothesis
B) Aids measurement
C) Confirms theories
D) Tests hypothesis

Question 13

Quantitative research brings out a static picture of social life while qualitative is more processual

Question 14

Which two factors have led to a rise in the use of mixed methods research? Please select all that apply.

A) To consider research methods as techniques not rigidly determined by ontological and epistemological baggage
B) A requirement by journals for different types of evidence to be presented
C) A softening of the attitudes of feminist researchers toward quantitative methods
D) More methodological eclecticism within business schools more generally

Question 15

What are indicators of quality in mixed methods research? Please select all that apply.

A) Is the research competently designed and conducted?
B) Have the researchers collected as much data as possible?
C) Has the case for using mixed methods being sufficiently made?
D) Are the most complicated forms of quantitative analysis applied to verify the theory?