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Chapter 18
Mixed Methods and Other Special Types of Research
Test Yourself!Slide2
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
Five fictitious mixed methods studies will be described. For each, indicate whether the design is:
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)
Please answer A, B, or C for each question.Slide3
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
1. Miller conducted in-depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and test a scale to measure “inner strength.”
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)Slide4
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
2. Rosen conducted an RCT to test the effects of a health-promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved.
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)Slide5
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3. De Sio used unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these children.
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)Slide6
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4. Wait administered three psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after interviewing them in depth about their migraine experiences.
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)Slide7
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward evidence-based practice (EBP) and then had in-depth follow-up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers to EBP in their hospital settings.
A (QUAN
qual)
B (QUAL + QUAN)
C (qual
QUAN)Slide8
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
1. Miller conducted in-depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and test a scale to measure “inner strength.”
ANSWER: C
(qual
QUAN)
Miller used a sequential design, in which the phase 2 quantitative data for testing the new instrument had priority.Slide9
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
2. Rosen conducted an RCT to test the effects of a health-promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved.
ANSWER: A
(
QUAN qual)
Rosen used a sequential design, in which the phase 2 qualitative data were used to help interpret findings from the quantitative strand.Slide10
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
3. De Sio used unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these children.
ANSWER: C
(qual
QUAN)
De Sio used a sequential design; phase 1 qualitative data played a role in developing a new intervention that was tested using quantitative methods.Slide11
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
4. Wait administered three psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after interviewing them in depth about their migraine experiences.
ANSWER: B
(QUAL +
QUAN)
Wait used a concurrent design in which both qualitative and quantitative data were collected in a single phase with equal priority.Slide12
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward EBP and then had in-depth follow-up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers to EBP in their hospital settings.
ANSWER: A
(
QUAN qual)
Gallagher used a sequential design, first collecting quantitative survey data, followed by in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand the meaning of the survey results.Slide13
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Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods
So the answers are:
C A C B A
How many got all five right?
Congratulations!!!