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Is your research study intended… |
To explore? |
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To explain? |
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To confirm? |
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To triangulate? |
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To support? |
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To refute? |
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Which method is more important… |
Quantitative? |
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Qualitative? |
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Both are equal? |
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Which method will you use first… |
Quantitative? |
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Qualitative? |
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Undecided? |
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Will you use a two-step method
or multi-step method… |
Qualitative (QL) then
Quantitative (QT)? |
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QT then QL? |
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QT then QL then QT? |
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QL then QT then QL? |
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QT then QL then QL? |
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QL then QT then QT? |
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Four or more steps? |
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The relationship of the second
study to the first study is … |
Emergent? (Grows out of the
first) |
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Concurrent? (Same time as the
first, logically, if not temporally) |
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Consecutive? (follows logically
and temporally) |
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Contiguous? (adjacent to the
first but not for logical or temporal reasons) |
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The quantitative study is … |
Descriptive? |
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Archival? |
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Survey? |
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Questionnaire? |
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Correlational? |
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Cross-sectional? |
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Experimental? |
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Longitudinal? |
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The qualitative study is … |
Written responses to open-ended
questions? |
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Structured interviews? |
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Unstructured Interviews? |
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Observations? |
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Ethnographic? |
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Phenomenological? |
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Case Study? |
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Grounded-Theory? |
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The rationale for the design is
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Written for both methods in one
section? |
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Written for each method
separately? |
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Instruments for the quantitative
study are… |
Standardized, commercial
instruments? |
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Published but non-commercial
instruments? |
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Psychometrically sound? |
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Existing data? |
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Existing surveys, or
questionnaires? |
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Researcher made instruments? |
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Emerging from the qualitative
study? |
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Instruments for the qualitative
study are… |
Pre-existing questions in the
literature? |
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Researcher-designed questions
prior to the study? |
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Interactive questions during the
data collection? |
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Emerging from the quantitative
data? |
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Are research questions evident
in the methodology section… |
For the qualitative study? |
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For the quantitative study? |
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Are the data collection methods
clearly and fully articulated in the methodology sections for… |
The qualitative component? |
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The quantitative component? |
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Are the data analyses clearly
and fully articulated in the methodology sections for… |
The qualitative component? |
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The quantitative component? |
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14 |
Are the data analyses
appropriate for … |
The type of mixed method study? |
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Each component of the study? |
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Is there a plan to segregate and
then integrate |
The write-up? |
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The methods? |
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The findings? |
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The discussion? |
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Does the design facilitate … |
New questions? |
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Cross linking data? |
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Are there ethical concerns that
need to be addressed … |
For the qualitative study which
emerges from the quantitative study? |
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For the quantitative study which
emerges from the qualitative study? |
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Are the data analyzed… |
At the same time? |
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At different times? |
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Using software? |
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Using reliability checks? |
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Are the participants… |
The same sample? |
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A similar sample? |
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A differentiated but integrated
group (e.g.. students and teachers) |
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A differentiated but loosely
integrated group (e.g.. students and principals) |
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A differentiated but
non-integrated group (e.g.. students and the public) |
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Is the sample size… |
Appropriate for quantitative
analyses? |
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Appropriate for qualitative
analyses? |
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Is the sample selection
appropriate for … |
The research questions? |
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The literature reviewed? |
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The quantitative methodology? |
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The qualitative methodology? |
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