2. 1 Chapter 18 Mixed Methods and Other Special Types of Research Test Yourself!

3. 2 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods Five fictitious mixed methods studies will be described. For each, indicate whether the design is: –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN) Please answer A, B, or C for each question.

4. 3 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 1. Miller conducted in-depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and test a scale to measure “inner strength.” –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN)

5. 4 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 2. Rosen conducted an RCT to test the effects of a health-promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved. –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN)

6. 5 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 3. De Sio used unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these children. –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN)

7. 6 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 4. Wait administered three psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after interviewing them in depth about their migraine experiences. –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN)

8. 7 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward evidence-based practice (EBP) and then had in-depth follow- up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers to EBP in their hospital settings. –A (QUAN  qual) –B (QUAL + QUAN) –C (qual  QUAN)

9. 8 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 1. Miller conducted in-depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and test a scale to measure “inner strength.” −ANSWER: C (qual  QUAN) −Miller used a sequential design, in which the phase 2 quantitative data for testing the new instrument had priority.

10. 9 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 2. Rosen conducted an RCT to test the effects of a health-promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved. −ANSWER: A (QUAN  qual) −Rosen used a sequential design, in which the phase 2 qualitative data were used to help interpret findings from the quantitative strand.

11. 10 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 3. De Sio used unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these children. −ANSWER: C (qual  QUAN) −De Sio used a sequential design; phase 1 qualitative data played a role in developing a new intervention that was tested using quantitative methods.

12. 11 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 4. Wait administered three psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after interviewing them in depth about their migraine experiences. −ANSWER: B (QUAL + QUAN) −Wait used a concurrent design in which both qualitative and quantitative data were collected in a single phase with equal priority.

13. 12 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods 5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward EBP and then had in-depth follow-up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers to EBP in their hospital settings. −ANSWER: A (QUAN  qual) −Gallagher used a sequential design, first collecting quantitative survey data, followed by in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand the meaning of the survey results.

14. 13 Test Your Knowledge: Mixed Methods So the answers are: –C A C B A How many got all five right? Congratulations!!!