The Following Questions Apply to the Sample Mixed Methods Study

question 20

Multiple Choice

The following questions apply to the sample mixed methods study by Igo,Kiewra
& Bruning 2008) at the end of Chapter 16.
In many mixed methods studies,the authors announce or foreshadow the type of mixed methods design in the title to the study.Examine the title in this study:
"Individual Differences and Intervention Flaws: A Sequential Explanatory Study of College Students' Copy-and-Paste Note Taking"
-The mixed methods researcher collects quantitative data in the first sequence followed by qualitative interviews.The design is most likely

• A)convergent.
• B)explanatory sequential.
• C)exploratory sequential.
• D)transformative.

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