Mixed Method Research
By Day 4
Post your response to the question, “To what extent is mixed methods research simply taking a quantitative design and a qualitative design and putting them together?” Next, explain the types of research questions best served by mixed methods research. Then, explain one strength and one limitation of mixed methods research. Finally, provide a rationale for or against the utility of mixed methods research in your discipline.
Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.
Required Readings
Johnson, R. B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2004). Mixed methods research: A research paradigm whose time has come. Educational Researcher, 33(7), 14–26. doi: 10.3102/0013189X033007014
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Collins, K. M., & O’Cathain, A. (2009). Introduction: Ten points about mixed methods research to be considered by the novice researcher. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 3(1), 2–7.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., & Crawford, L. M. (2016). The scholar-practitioner’s guide to research design.Baltimore, MD: Laureate Publishing.
- Chapter 6, “Mixed Methods Designs and Approaches”
Answer preview
Researchers who opt to conduct their survey using the mixed method research find this research design valuable. The researcher uses multiple approaches for conducting a survey. In this case, the methods allow the researcher to be creative in answering some of the questions that would assist him/her to disseminate an evidence-based hypothesis…
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