What are some ways that qualitative research characteristics are fundamentally different from quantitative research?

1. What are some ways that qualitative research characteristics are fundamentally different from quantitative research?
2. Think of a research topic of interest and potential qualitative study. Comment on your reflexivity as a researcher. What are your past experiences with the research problem, participants, or setting? How might those experiences influence your interpretations?
3. Consider a research study you might conduct. What is the role of gatekeepers?
4. To what extent do you think having data analysis in qualitative research goes hand-in-hand with data collection, and write-up of findings may cause confusion for the researcher?
5. Discuss the relative merits of hand coding as opposed to using computer software when completing qualitative data analysis.

Read Chapter 10 (pgs. 401-447) and answer the questions below.
Chapter 10: Mixed Methods Procedures
1. Discuss the reasons for using mixed methods presented in the chapter. For each reason, provide an example of a study that would benefit.
2. Discuss at least one example of integration in mixed methods research. Use the appropriate term (merging, explaining, building, embedding) and give an example.
3. Chapter 10 gives six factors considered important when choosing a particular mixed methods design. Consider a study you are interested in conducting. First, identify a mixed methods design. Then, discuss each of these factors in providing a rationale for your design choice.
4. Select one of the complex mixed methods designs (experimental, case study, participatory-social justice, evaluation). What is an example of a study you might conduct using that particular design?
5. Review the mixed methods intervention design presented in Figure 10.2. on pg. 425. What are the validity threats that may be present in this design?

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