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Maxwell, Joseph A. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
The use of numerical/quantitative data in qualitative research studies and reports has been controversial. Prominent qualitative researchers such as Howard Becker and Martyn Hammersley have supported the inclusion of what Becker called "quasi-statistics": simple counts of things to make statements such as "some," "usually," and "most" more…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Methods Research, Statistical Data, Data Collection
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Hitchcock, John H.; Nastasi, Bonnie K.; Summerville, Meredith – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2010
The purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe a design that mixes single-case (sometimes referred to as single-subject) and qualitative methods, hereafter referred to as a single-case mixed methods design (SCD-MM). Minimal attention has been given to the topic of applying qualitative methods to SCD work in the literature. These two…
Descriptors: Methods Research, Educational Research, Action Research, Case Studies
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Arnon, Sara; Reichel, Nirit – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2009
Combining diverse methods in a single study raises a problem: What should be done when the findings of one method of investigation conflict with those of another? We illustrate this problem using an example in which three study phases--quantitative, qualitative, and intervention--were applied. The findings coming from the quantitative phase did…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Intervention, Telephone Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1988
During the last 15 years, there has been a steady increase in the popularity and sophistication of the confirmatory factor analysis approach to multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) data. However, important problems exist, the most serious being the ill-defined solutions that plague MTMM studies and the assumption that so-called method factors primarily…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Research Methodology