This type of quantitative study provides quant or numeric description of trends, attitudes, or opinions of a population by studying sample of that population
What is survey research
100
In this type of qualitative study, researchers study lives of individuals(s) and ask them to provide stories about their lives; info retold/restoried by researcher into narrative chronology
What is narrative research
100
collect qual and quant, analyze separately, then compare results to see if findings confirm or disconfirm each other
What is Convergent parallel
100
This worldview focuses on consequences of action, multiple participant meanings, social and historical construction, and theory generation
What is constructivism
100
These are defined as procedures of inquiry
What is research designs
200
This type of quantitative study seeks to determine if specific treatment influences outcome in study: one group gets treatment, other group doesn’t; determine how both groups score on an outcome
What is experimental research
200
In this type of qualitative study, researchers identify essence of human experiences about a phenomenon as described by participants in a study
What is phenomenological research
200
Two phase: collect quant first, analyze results, use results to plan or build into second qual phase
What is Explanatory sequential
200
This worldview focuses on consequences of actions, problem-centered, pluralistic, and real-world practice oriented
What is Pragmatism
200
These are defined as specific ways of data collection, analysis, and interpretation
What is research methods
300
In this type of quantitative study, individuals are randomly assigned to groups
What is true experimental research
300
In this type of qual research, we derive general, abstract theory of process, action or interaction rooted in views of participants in a study
What is grounded theory
300
Two phase: first collect qual, follow up/build with second quant data collection and analysis
What is Exploratory sequential
300
This worldview focuses on determination, reductionism, empirical observation and measurement, and theory validation
What is post positivism
300
These are defined as the issue being addressed in a study
What is research problem
400
This type of quantitative study, individuals are not randomly assigned when put into groups
What is quasi-experimental research
400
In this type of qual work, a researcher studies intact cultural group in natural setting over prolonged period of time: mostly observation and interview data
What is ethnography
400
Identify one of the qual frameworks and use it throughout MM study to establish research problem, data collection and analysis etc; used in conjunction with explanatory, exploratory, and embedded designs
What is Transformative MM
400
This worldview focuses on political, power and justice oriented, collaborative, and change-oriented
What is Transformative
400
These are defined as the plans and procedures for research that span the steps from broad assumptions to detailed methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation
What is research approaches
500
This worldview fits nicely with quantitative work, as it is reductionist, deterministic, and emphasizes empirical observation and theory verification.
What is post positivism
500
In this qual work, we explore in depth a program, event, process or one or more individuals. These are bound by time and activity, collect detailed info over sustained time
What is case study
500
one main strength and one main challenge Crewswell cites for using MM research
What is collecting diverse data provides a more complete understanding of a research problem, but it requires a lot of time and skill in both quant and qual
500
This worldview holds that research inquiry needs to be intertwined with politics and a political change agenda to confront social oppression; The emphasis is on advocating for an action agenda to help marginalized individuals
What is transformative
500
What are one of the three main criteria Creswell lists for selecting a research approach
What is influence by research problem or issue being addressed, personal experiences of researcher, and audience for whom researcher writes