Test Your Understanding
Question 1:
Which of the following is not a strength of qualitative research methods?
Correct: Qualitative methods are weak in their ability to assess prevalence. This is a strength of quantitative methods .
Incorrect: The unstructured and open-ended nature of qualitative methods are ideal for identifying new and unanticipated findings.
Incorrect: Because qualitative methods allow participants to explain their behavior from their own perspective, qualitative methods are ideal for obtaining the views and voices of participants themselves.
Incorrect: This is a strength of qualitative methods. Unlike quantitative methods where situational factors must be anticipated by the researcher, in qualitative methods participants can suggest specific [and unanticipated] situational or contextual factors which may facilitate or limit their behavior.
Question 2:
By combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, mixed methods research has a number of benefits. Which of the following is not a benefit of mixed methods research over single method studies?
Incorrect: This is a strength of mixed methods research.
Correct: This is not a benefit that is exclusive to mixed methods research. Qualitative methods, both alone or as part of mixed methods studies, allow for the identification of unanticipated insights.
Incorrect: This is a strength of mixed methods research.
Incorrect: This is a strength of mixed methods research.