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  1. Which of the following is a specific type of mixed methods design?

a.

Grounded theory

b.

Explanatory sequential

c.

One group pretest-posttest

d.

Survey

Question 2

  1. The purpose of Mary’s research is to measure the intensity of combat experiences of U.S. National Guard soldiers who recently returned from the Middle East and code emergent themes related to the challenges they faced reintegrating into the civilian job they had prior to being called up for deployment. 


The purpose of John’s research is to measure the intensity of combat experiences of U. S. National Guard soldiers who recently returned from the Middle East and relate it to the extent of challenges they faced reintegrating into the civilian job they had prior to being called up for deployment

a.

Mary and John are equally likely to conduct only a qualitative study.

b.

Mary is more likely than John to conduct only a quantitative study.

c.

Mary is more likely than John to conduct a mixed methods study.

d.

John and Mary are equally likely to conduct a mixed methods study.

Question 3

  1. The purpose of Sonia’s study is to measure and compare the critical thinking skills of graduating seniors from a high school at which the curriculum was problem-based and a high school with lecture-based curriculum and, also, to interview some students from each high school to understand their experiences with the curriculum. Which of the following best represents the type of study design?

a.

Grounded theory

b.

An explanatory quantitative-qualitative sequential mixed methods

c.

An exploratory qualitative-quantitative sequential mixed methods

d.

A convergent mixed methods

Question 4

  1. After studying the literature, Jacob concluded that the scholarly community did not know the statistical relationship between work stress and parenting stress of first-time single moms, and did not understand the challenges faced by first-time single moms in balancing work and home that might explain levels of work and parenting stress. Which of the following best represents the type of study design?

a.

One group pretest-posttest

b.

An explanatory quantitative-qualitative sequential mixed methods

c.

An exploratory qualitative-quantitative sequential mixed methods

d.

Ethnography