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| Abstract Title: | Exploring the Directionality of Integration Between the Quantitative and Qualitative Sources for a Mixed Methods Research Design |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | The concept of integration of a mixed methods research design is a critical component for making justifiable claims. In this poster, we explore integration during the analysis stage of our study by comparing two directions of linkage between our quantitative and qualitative data sources. Our mixed methods data collection was an explanatory design where we gave short surveys measuring task-level self-efficacy via the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) followed by individualized daily journal reflections. The ways in which the ESM survey responses and daily journal reflections are linked influenced the mixed methods inferences drawn from the data regarding students' self-efficacy. Here, we will present an analysis exploring two directions for linking the ESM survey responses with the daily journal reflections: (1) analyzing the ESM survey responses and linking those responses to the daily journal reflections and (2) analyzing the daily journal responses and then linking those responses back to the ESM survey responses. Through examining the concept of integration for our research design, we found that integrating across these two directions influenced the outcomes drawn from the data. These findings might imply refinement to our data collection process. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 |
| Poster Number: | B74 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Carissa Myers Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Dena Izadi, Michigan State University Vashti Sawtelle, Michigan State University Rachel Henderson, Michigan State University |
