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What are the 3 components involved in a research approach? - Answer 1.
Philosophical World-views
2. Designs
3. Research Methods
What are the most popular Philosophical world-views? - Answer 1. Postpositivist
2. Constructivist
3. Transformative
4. Pragmatic
What information helps the researcher explain why they chose their research
design? - Answer 1. The Philosophical World-view proposed in the study
2. Definition of basic ideas of that world-view
3. How world-view shaped their approach to research
What are the major elements of post-positivism world-view? - Answer 1. More for
quantitative research
2. a.k.a. scientific method
3. Challenges what is known to be true
4. Recognizing we can't be ABSOLUTELY positive, b/c we're
5. Reduce big ?'s into testable ideas
6. Gathering data and studying behavior
What are the major elements of Constructivist world-view? - Answer 1. More for
qualitative research
2. a.k.a. social constructivism
3. Seek to understand the world in which they live
4. Look for complexity of the view from participants experiences
5. Uses open-ended questions
6. Theory generation & always understanding social and historical settings
7. Unlike post-positivism, they generate (construct) theory
What are the major elements of Transformative world-view? - Answer 1. research
needs to be intertwined with politics to confront social oppression.
2. Contains an action agenda for reform that may change participants life
3. Addresses important social issues
4. Collaborative with participants directly involved in social injustice - creates voice
for them by them helping design and collect data
What are the major elements of Pragmatic world-view? - Answer 1. Unlike
postpositivist, arises out of actions, situations, and consequences
2. Mixed methods approach- use qualitative and quantitative
3. Is problem-centered, want to understand research problem
4. Look to what and how to research
5. "Real world" practice oriented
What are the different research designs? - Answer 1. Quantitative
2. Qualitative
, EIP MIDTERM, USA EIP I Exam
1/Midterm With Complete Solutions.
3. Mixed Methods
Mixed methods uses both predetermined and emerging methods in research design.
Which of these is qualitative and quantitative? - Answer Predetermined- Quantitative
Emerging- Qualitative
Mixed methods use both open- and closed-ended questions in their research design,
which one is qualitative and quantitative? - Answer open ended- Qualitative
Closed-ended- Quantitative (instrument based ?'s)
Mixed methods use multiple forms of data drawing on all possibilities in their
research design, describe quantitative and qualitative data - Answer 1. Quantitative
date- performance, attitude, observational, senses
2. Qualitative- interview, observation, document, and audiovisual
Mixed methods use statistical and text analysis in its research design, which one is
qualitative and quantitative? - Answer Quantitative- statistical analysis
Qualitative- Text and image analyisis
Mixed methods collect data by interpreting statistical analysis and themes & patterns
analysis, which one is qualitative and quantitative? - Answer Quantitative- statistical
interpretation
Qualitative- Themes and pattern interpretation
Which research approach uses constructivist/ transformative claims? - Answer
Qualitative
Which research approach uses postpositivist claims? - Answer Quantitative
Which research approach uses pragmatic claims? - Answer Mixed Methods
What are the alternative designs that make up quantitative research? - Answer 1.
Survey Designs (and sometimes data surveys) getting a description of trends
2. Experimental Designs (treatment vs. control group)
-Random, quasi-experiment (non-
random & single subject)
3. Longitudinal Designs- collects data over time
What are the alternative designs that make up qualitative research? - Answer 1.
Narrative design
2. Phenomenology
3. Grounded Theory
4. Ethnographies
5. Case studies
What are the alternative designs that make up mixed methods research? - Answer 1.
Combines qualitative & quantitative design
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