Mixing Methods
Grounded Theory
Validity Threats
Protocol
100
Numerical codes are assigned to qualitative data
What is Quantizing
100
when the grounded theorist selects one open- coding category, positions it at the center of the process being explored?
What is Axial Coding
100
When the experimental and control groups can commu- nicate with each other, the control group may learn from the experimental group information about the treatment and create a threat to internal validity
What is diffusion of treatment
100
are forms designed and used by qualitative researchers to record information during observations and interviews.
What is data recording protocols
200
Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to determine whether the two methods of knowing converge on the same conclusions.
What is Triangulation Method
200
portrays the interrelationship of causal conditions, strategies, contextual and intervening conditions, and consequences in a diagram
What is coding paradigm
200
When a control group is used, individuals in this group may become resentful and demoralized because they perceive that they receive a less desirable treatment than other groups.
What is resentful demoralization
200
con- sist of images or sounds that researchers collect to help them understand the central phe- nomenon under study
What is audiovisual materials
300
Narratives are provided to accompany quantitative data
What is Qualitizing
300
categories of conditions that influence the core category
What is casual conditions
300
a potential threat to internal validity when rivalry develops between the groups because the con- trol group feels that it is the “underdog.
What is compensatory rivalry
300
is a form designed by the researcher that contains instructions for the process of the interview, the questions to be asked, and space to take notes of responses from the interviewee
What is interview protocol
400
confirms or cross-validates relationships discovered between variables
What is Mixed-methods research
400
the specific actions or interactions that result from the core phenomenon
What is strategies
400
A potential threat to internal validity is that participants may become familiar with the outcome measures and remember responses for later testing. Dur- ing some experiments, the outcome is measured more than one time, such as in pretests (e.g., repeated measures of number of cigarettes smoked). To remedy this situation, experimental researchers measure the outcome less frequently and use different items on the posttest than those used during earlier testing.
What is testing
400
observed behavior and record scores on a checklist or scoring sheet.
What is behavioral observations
500
A quantitative study is run and results determined. To better understand those results, a qualitative method will be completed.
What is Explanatory Method
500
when the researcher views the property on a continuum and locates, in the data, examples representing extremes on this continuum. For example, the chair, as a provider (category), engages in funding faculty (a property), which consists of possibilities on a continuum of extent of funds ranging from long-term start-up seed money to short-term travel money (dimensionalized property).
What is dimensionalized property
500
When only the experimental group receives a treat- ment, an inequality exists that may threaten the validity of the study. The benefits (i.e., the goods or services believed to be desirable) of the experimental treatment need to be equally distributed among the groups in the study. To counter this problem, researchers use comparison groups (e.g., one group receives the health- hazards lecture, whereas the other receives a handout about the problems of teen smoking) so that all groups receive some benefits during an experiment.
What is Compensatory equalization
500
a form designed by the researcher before data collection that is used for taking fieldnotes during an observation.
What is observational protocol
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