1. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer Woolfolk / Perry Child and Adolescent Development © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sixth Edition

2. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Mixed-Method Designs Chapter 11

3. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Mixed-Methods Designs Designs combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data Advantages Incorporates the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative approaches Provides a more comprehensive view of the phenomena being studied Does not limit the data being collected Includes triangulation to enhance credibility of findings

4. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Mixed-Methods Designs Disadvantages and limitations Requires expertise in both methods May require more extensive data collection and resources It is popular to claim the use of mixed method design even though one method is used superficially

5. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Mixed-Methods Designs Three types of designs Sequential Explanatory Sequential Exploratory Concurrent Convergent See Table 11.3 for advantages and challenges of each design

6. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Mixed-Methods Designs Sequential Explanatory designs Quantitative data are collected first with qualitative data collection following Use of a questionnaire to provide an overview of students’ attitudes toward drug testing programs followed by several in-depth interviews of specific students with positive and negative attitudes (i.e., maximum variation sampling) to understand how those attitudes were shaped.

7. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Mixed-Methods Designs Sequential Exploratory designs Qualitative data are collected first with quantitative data collection following A few interviews with students and a content analysis of several surveys allowed a researcher to determine the important factors around which an attitudinal scale on drug testing programs was developed. Administration of this survey gave an overall view of students’ attitudes to a specific program being used at a local school.

8. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Mixed-Methods Designs Concurrent convergent designs Quantitative and qualitative data are collected at the same time to provide a more comprehensive and complete set of data Triangulation designs are used when researchers use qualitative methods to expand on quantitative findings. The use of a scale addressing attitudes toward drug testing programs could be administered to the students in a school. Information from focus groups and interviews could be used to confirm the conclusions drawn from the survey.

9. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Mixed-Methods Designs Design considerations in mixed-method research Rationale for a mixed method design Priority or weighting of each method Whether the timing of data collection will be sequential or concurrent How will the qualitative and quantitative data be combined or merged

10. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Mixed-Methods Designs Seven steps to conduct mixed method research Determine the feasibility of a mixed method design Determine the rationale for a mixed method design Determine the design, types of data, and collection strategies Determine specific quantitative and qualitative research questions Collect data Analyze data Write the report

11. McMillan Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 6e © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Mixed-Methods Designs Evaluating a mixed method design Has the researcher matched the purpose and questions to appropriate methods? Has the researcher adhered to the criteria for quantitative and qualitative criteria? Are limitations appropriately acknowledged? How has the researcher integrated the results?