WGU C224 RECENT STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Narrative Inquiry - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that seeks to describe
people's lives/stories to add to our understanding
✔✔Case Study - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that addresses research
questions through an in-depth analysis of a phenomenon/situation
✔✔Grounded Theory - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that inductively generates a
theory describing a phenomenon
✔✔Mixed Methods Research - ✔✔a research method that utilizes ideas and methods
from both quantitative and qualitative research
✔✔Concurrently - ✔✔when quantitative and qualitative data are collected at relatively
the same time, they are collected _____________
✔✔Sequentially - ✔✔when data from one method is collected and used to inform data
collected with a different method, the data is collected ______________
✔✔Warranted Assertibility - ✔✔when a mixed research study has good evidence
supporting the research claim, the study has ___________
, ✔✔Incompatibility Thesis - ✔✔the claim that mixing quantitative and qualitative methods
is not possible
✔✔Compatibility Thesis - ✔✔the claim that quantitative and qualitative approaches can
be used together in a single study
✔✔Pragmatism - ✔✔the belief that what is important and justified is what will be
appropriate in particular situations
✔✔Ontology of Mixed Methods - ✔✔the nature of reality/truth is pluralistic, subjective,
appreciative of the objective, and contains intersubjective realities and their
interrelations
✔✔Epistemology of Mixed Methods - ✔✔the belief that knowledge is pragmatic and
amixture of universal and community-specific needs-based standards
✔✔Time Orientation Criterion - ✔✔a criterion that asks whether quantitative and
qualitative data should be collected concurrently or sequentially
✔✔Sample Relationship Criterion - ✔✔the four different types of relationships that can
occur between quantitative and qualitative data
✔✔Identical - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the same people participate in both the
quantitative and qualitative phases of the investigation
✔✔Parallel - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the samples for the quantitative and
qualitative components are different, but taken from the same population
✔✔Nested - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the participants selected for one
research phase represent a subset of participants selected for another phase
✔✔Multilevel - ✔✔the relationship criterion where quantitative and qualitative samples
are obtained from different levels of the same population
✔✔Fundamental Principle of Mixed Methods Research - ✔✔the thoughtful mixing of
methods, procedures, and other paradigm characteristics is an excellent way to conduct
high-quality research
✔✔Intermethod Mixing - ✔✔the term for when two or more methods of data collection
are used in a single study
✔✔Intramethod Mixing - ✔✔the term for when both quantitative and qualitative data are
collected using the same method
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Narrative Inquiry - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that seeks to describe
people's lives/stories to add to our understanding
✔✔Case Study - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that addresses research
questions through an in-depth analysis of a phenomenon/situation
✔✔Grounded Theory - ✔✔a qualitative research framework that inductively generates a
theory describing a phenomenon
✔✔Mixed Methods Research - ✔✔a research method that utilizes ideas and methods
from both quantitative and qualitative research
✔✔Concurrently - ✔✔when quantitative and qualitative data are collected at relatively
the same time, they are collected _____________
✔✔Sequentially - ✔✔when data from one method is collected and used to inform data
collected with a different method, the data is collected ______________
✔✔Warranted Assertibility - ✔✔when a mixed research study has good evidence
supporting the research claim, the study has ___________
, ✔✔Incompatibility Thesis - ✔✔the claim that mixing quantitative and qualitative methods
is not possible
✔✔Compatibility Thesis - ✔✔the claim that quantitative and qualitative approaches can
be used together in a single study
✔✔Pragmatism - ✔✔the belief that what is important and justified is what will be
appropriate in particular situations
✔✔Ontology of Mixed Methods - ✔✔the nature of reality/truth is pluralistic, subjective,
appreciative of the objective, and contains intersubjective realities and their
interrelations
✔✔Epistemology of Mixed Methods - ✔✔the belief that knowledge is pragmatic and
amixture of universal and community-specific needs-based standards
✔✔Time Orientation Criterion - ✔✔a criterion that asks whether quantitative and
qualitative data should be collected concurrently or sequentially
✔✔Sample Relationship Criterion - ✔✔the four different types of relationships that can
occur between quantitative and qualitative data
✔✔Identical - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the same people participate in both the
quantitative and qualitative phases of the investigation
✔✔Parallel - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the samples for the quantitative and
qualitative components are different, but taken from the same population
✔✔Nested - ✔✔the relationship criterion where the participants selected for one
research phase represent a subset of participants selected for another phase
✔✔Multilevel - ✔✔the relationship criterion where quantitative and qualitative samples
are obtained from different levels of the same population
✔✔Fundamental Principle of Mixed Methods Research - ✔✔the thoughtful mixing of
methods, procedures, and other paradigm characteristics is an excellent way to conduct
high-quality research
✔✔Intermethod Mixing - ✔✔the term for when two or more methods of data collection
are used in a single study
✔✔Intramethod Mixing - ✔✔the term for when both quantitative and qualitative data are
collected using the same method
