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Rohlfing, Ingo; Zuber, Christina Isabel – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Theories of causation in philosophy ask what makes causal claims true and establish the so-called truth conditions allowing one to separate causal from noncausal relationships. We argue that social scientists should be aware of truth conditions of causal claims because they imply which method of causal inference can establish whether a specific…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Influences, Theories
Alegría, Margarita; O'Malley, Isabel Shaheen – William T. Grant Foundation, 2022
Identifying causal mechanisms is an essential aspect of disparities research. Rigorous investigations of mechanisms can open the black box and clarify linkages in the causal chain, indicating how effects occur. Studies of mechanisms can also illuminate novel ways to reduce inequality when intervention at the root cause of unequal outcomes is not…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Causal Models, Equal Education, Financial Support
Pluye, Pierre; Granikov, Vera; Tang, David Li – Education for Information, 2020
Mixed methods (MM) involve combining qualitative (QUAL) and quantitative (QUAN) methods in program evaluation, primary research, and literature reviews. MM are being increasingly used in health and social sciences (in multiple fields and in an inter-field manner). Over the years, several strategies to integrate QUAL and QUAN phases, results, and…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Bibliographies, Influences, Barriers
Gregory S. Sellers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation explores the reintegration of military Veterans into the civilian population and factors that influence their return through higher education after the 2008 changes to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. Student Veterans bring to campus nontraditional student characteristics plus Veteran culture that include unique strengths and challenges…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Veterans, Veterans Education, Social Integration
Beach, Derek – Sociological Methods & Research, 2018
This article explores the practical challenges one faces when combining qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and process tracing (PT) in a manner that is consistent with their underlying assumptions about the nature of causal relationships. While PT builds on a mechanism-based understanding of causation, QCA as a comparative method makes claims…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mixed Methods Research, Research Methodology, Case Studies
Corbett, Erin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
While recent research has focused on the relationship between educational attainment and recidivism for formerly incarcerated persons, less research has focused on the relationship between educational attainment/level and employment. This study employed mixed methods to examine data on post-release employment outcomes for ex-offenders from, and…
Descriptors: Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Educational Attainment, Employment
Matheny, Pamela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Medical students apply for dermatology residency program acceptance and, after completing training, become eligible to take the American Board of Dermatology examination. Some recent dermatologist practice trends concern dermatology leaders in academia. Changing the workforce trends may begin with changing the workforce. Academic dermatology…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medicine, Mixed Methods Research, Influences
van der Heide, Iris; van der Noordt, Maaike; Proper, Karin I.; Schoemaker, Casper; van den Berg, Matthijs; Hamberg-van Reenen, Heleen H. – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2016
One of the barriers regarding evidence-informed decision making is the gap between the needs of policy makers and the ways researchers present evidence. This pilot study evaluates the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a tool to enhance transparent and unambiguous communication on scientific evidence by knowledge workers.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Public Health, Barriers, Pilot Projects
Kuhn, Ida Kristina – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2017
This study investigates the enhancement of social competence for disadvantaged young people based on the example of the "Werkschule Bremen" educational course. Theoretical approaches to social competence as a learning outcome are mainly based on the model of social information processing, although the meaning of both practical and…
Descriptors: Prevocational Education, Interpersonal Competence, Disadvantaged Youth, Mixed Methods Research
Kunnath, Joshua P. – American Secondary Education, 2017
This mixed-methods study applied a decision-making theoretical framework to an investigation of teacher grading in a large urban school district in California. A sample of 251 high school teachers of core subjects were surveyed, and 15 teachers participated in four focus group interviews in order provide data on the influences, rationale, and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Grading, Decision Making
Alston, Jason Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Diversity residency librarian programs are post-MLIS programs aimed at providing recently graduated professionals with real work experience, with the expressed goal of recruiting and retaining a more-diverse workforce in professional librarianship. This mixed-method study is one of the first empirical studies examining diversity residencies,…
Descriptors: Library Education, Cultural Differences, Graduate Students, Mixed Methods Research
Haas, Kaaren; Costley, Debra; Falkmer, Marita; Richdale, Amanda; Sofronoff, Kate; Falkmer, Torbjörn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Recruiting adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into research poses particular difficulties; longitudinal studies face additional challenges. This paper reports on a mixed methods study to identify factors influencing the participation in longitudinal autism research of adults with ASD, including those with an intellectual disability, and…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Performance Factors, Influences, Adults
Fagan, Sharon Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A midsize nonprofit blood bank organization is experiencing a high percentage of supervisors and managers not transferring skills taught in leadership development training programs back to the workplace. The purpose of this mixed methods, sequential, explanatory study was to understand the relationship between supervisor support or opposition and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Trainees, Student Attitudes, Influences
Kara, Nuri – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate university students' thoughts and practices concerning digital citizenship. An explanatory mixed methods design was used, and it involved collecting qualitative data after a quantitative phase in order to follow up on the quantitative data in more depth. In the first quantitative phase of the study, a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Mixed Methods Research, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys
Culkin, Michaela A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study investigated the factors most influential when veteran teachers seriously consider leaving the teaching profession. Teachers in the education profession who are in the later stages of their careers hold the experience that benefits all who teach in schools. There is ample literature discussing why new teachers leave the profession, but…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Influences, Teacher Surveys