Mixed Methods MCQs
Mixed Methods MCQs
Answer these Mixed Methods MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Mixed Methods.
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1: Qualitative and quantitative methods are combined in a research project that uses more than one of the four basic types of mixed-methods designs or that repeats at least one of those basic types is called Complex mixed-methods research design
A. True
B. False
2: Qualitative and quantitative methods are used concurrently in the research but one is given priority is called
A. Multitrait–multimethod matrix
B. Embedded methods design
C. Embedded mixed-methods design
D. None of above
3: Qualitative and quantitative methods are used concurrently and both are given equal importance is called
A. Multitrait–multimethod matrix
B. Embedded mixed-methods design
C. Embedded mixed-methods design
D. Integrated mixed-methods design
4: Research that combines qualitative and quantitative methods in an investigation of the same or related research question(s) is called
A. Mixed methods
B. Simple methods
C. Normal methods
D. None of above
5: A method of evaluating the validity of measures by determining whether measuring the same phenomenon with different methods leads to convergent results and measuring different phenomena with the same method leads to divergent results is called
A. Multitrait–multimethod matrix
B. Embedded mixed-methods design
C. Embedded mixed-methods design
D. Integrated mixed-methods design
6: The Paradigm Wars explains the intense debate from the 1970s to the _________ between social scientists over the value of positivist and interpretivist/constructivist research philosophies; also see the scientific paradigm.
A. 1970s
B. 1980s
C. 1990s
D. 1950s
7: Staged mixed-methods design describes the Qualitative and quantitative methods used in sequence in the research and one is given priority.
A. True
B. False
8: The use of multiple methods to study one research question; the use of two or more different measures of the same variable is called
A. Angle
B. Triangulation
C. Square
D. All of above
9: Researchers may choose to use mixed methods when they want to explore new or understudied phenomena and then test findings from the qualitative research.
A. True
B. False
10: A quantitative researcher can implement an integrated design with little ethical or professional concerns.
A. True
B. False
11: Mixed methods were very popular during the period of time known as the Paradigm wars, since mixed methodology was able to bridge the divide between positivists and interpretivists.
A. True
B. False
12: An embedded mixed-method design uses qualitative and quantitative methods at the same time to analyze different aspects of a social phenomenon.
A. True
B. False
13: Mixed methodology was originally proposed in order to improve measurement validity.
A. True
B. False
14: The quantitative method is implemented at the same time as the qualitative method, but the quantitative method is given priority.
A. Embedded
B. Sequential design
C. Transformative
D. Integrated
15: Using a focus group or cognitive interviewing to refine a structure survey instrument is an example of how mixed methods strengthens ______.
A. Measurement validity
B. Generalizability
C. Face validity
D. Casual validity
16: The quantitative and qualitative methods are implemented at the same time.
A. Explanatory sequential design
B. Exploratory sequential design
C. Embedded design
D. Integrated design
17: The quantitative method is implemented first, followed by the qualitative method.
A. Embedded
B. Sequential design
C. Transformative
D. Concurrent
18: The qualitative method is implemented first, followed by the quantitative method.
A. Embedded
B. Sequential design
C. Transformative
D. Concurrent
19: This occurs when the primary method is qualitative or quantitative but the researcher adds the other component only to gain additional insights.
A. Embedded design
B. Sequential design
C. Integrated
D. Concurrent
20: This design involves a series of quantitative and qualitative designs with the qualitative data as secondary to the quantitative method.
A. Embedded
B. Integrated
C. Staged
D. Complex
21: A philosophy that emphasizes the importance of taking action and learning from the outcomes to generate knowledge.
A. Positivism
B. Neoclassical
C. Interpretivism
D. Pragmatism
22: A mixed methods approach that primarily uses qualitative research with a secondary quantitative element would be represent as ______.
A. Quan->qual
B. QUAL+QUAN
C. QUAL(quan)
D. Qual+quan
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