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Chapter 27 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 27 Multiple choice questions
Mixed methods research: combining quantitative and qualitative research
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What is the name of one of the arguments that suggests that research methods are inextricably linked to epistemological commitments?
Constructivist argument
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Postmodern argument
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Embedded methods argument
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Positivist argument
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Which version of the debate about multi-strategy research suggests that quantitative and qualitative research methods are compatible?
Technical version
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Methodological version
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Epistemological version
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Elongated version
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What is triangulation?
Using three quantitative or three qualitative methods in a project.
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Cross-checking the results found by different research strategies.
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Allowing theoretical concepts to emerge from the data.
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Drawing a triangular diagram to represent the relations between three participants
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How might qualitative research facilitate quantitative research?
By providing hypotheses that can later be tested.
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By helping with the design of survey questions.
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By informing the schedule of a structured interview.
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All of the above.
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How might quantitative research support qualitative research?
By identifying specific groups of people to be interviewed.
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By utilising a rigorous positivist framework.
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By combining laboratory experiments with structured participant observation.
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By showing the occurrence of different responses to a survey.
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Quantitative research tends to bring out a
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asymmetrical
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processual
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proverbial
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How might qualitative research assist with the analysis of quantitative data?
By providing statistical data.
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By identifying a sample of respondents for triangulation.
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By making the research more value-laden and subjective.
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By assisting the explanation of the relationship between two variables.
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How might multi-strategy research assist with the study of different aspects of a phenomenon?
By allowing the researcher to interview more interesting participants first.
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By making it necessary to have many stages in the research process.
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By revealing both the macro and the micro level.
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By reducing the standard deviation of scores around the mean and median
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When might unplanned multi-stage research be described as a "salvage operation"?
When the researcher abandons their original strategy and starts all over again.
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When the second research strategy is used to explain unexpected or puzzling results.
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When there is a paradigm shift from quantitative to qualitative research.
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When it is ethically unsound to use only one research strategy.
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Which of the following is
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It is inherently superior to mono-strategy research.
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It must be appropriate to the research questions.
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It must be well designed and conducted by all participants.
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The skills of all researchers must be well matched amongst the research team.
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