Compare and contrast two of the six models of mixed methods research.
What will be an ideal response?
• Explanatory Sequential Design: A mixed methods research design that is completed in two phases in which the practitioner-scholar begins by collecting quantitative data and then concludes by collecting and analyzing qualitative data
• Embedded Design: A mixed methods research design that treats both qualitative and quantitative research approaches equally and thus in theory does not introduce qualitative or quantitative data in phases
• Explanatory sequential design includes phases of data collected and embedded designs do not
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a. whether it is useful in a practical situation. b. whether it is useful for predicting a criterion. c. how much variance the measures have in common. d. how likely it is that the observed correlation is only a function of chance.
Of the federally funded elementary and secondary education programs, the largest is the
a. Title I programs for the education of the disadvantaged. b. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. c. National Assessment and Education Progress Act. d. Smith-Hughes Act for Head Start.
Passel and Cohn (2008) state that the demographers suggest by the year 2050, that a non-White group will a majority of the population. Which group and percentage is not accurate?
a. African Americans – 60% b. Asian – 51% c. Non-Hispanic White – 47% d. Native Americans – 55%
Science teachers are most likely to read articles in periodicals from what professional science education organization?
a. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) b. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) c. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) d. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)