At 10:59 AM 1/22/2003, Brett A Magill wrote:
A tidbit from the evaluation literature here, there is quite a literature on mixed-method approaches elsewhere too.this link shows an example of a mixed method approach
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/START.HTM
Example of a mixed method design
Quantitative Qualitative Qualitative
(questionnaire) (exploratory focus group) (personal interview with subgroup)
i am wondering how we can differentiate amongst these 3 "methods" using the terms quantitative and qualitative ... in what sense is a questionnaire QUANTITATIVE ... and the other two not? what makes exploratory focus group and personal interview with a subgroup .. qualitative and not quantitative?
these sorts of distinctions ... the ATTEMPT at these sorts of distinctions ... are not helpful in my view ...
what it invariably leads to (in proposal preparation ... which the link was talking about) ... is ... i MUST have at least one quantitative measure ... and i MUST have at least one qualitative measure ... which is not the right way to approach developing a sound methodology ...
_________________________________________________________-----Original Message----- From: Rolf Dalin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What is "research"?<SNIP> I have noticed the term mixed-method approach. Is that a new term? The approach is probably not new at all, but it seems that academic staff in some subject areas here in Sweden at least, avoid mixing methods. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
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