SAGE Journal Articles
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Article 1
Buck, G., Cook, K., Quigley, C., Eastwood, J., & Lucas, Y. (2009). Profiles of urban, low SES African American girls’ attitudes toward science: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 3(4), 386–410.
URL: http://mmr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/3/4/386?ijkey=BdqnSai3ZaB3E&keytype=ref&siteid=spmmr
Questions that apply to this article:
1. The authors take a sequential explanatory mixed methods approach. Explain what this model looks like in the context of the study.
2. Why is the mixed methods approach necessary for this study?
3. Describe how the authors integrated the qualitative and quantitative findings into a coherent narrative.
Article 2
Nowick, E. A., Brown, J., & Stepien, M. (2014). Children’s structured conceptualization of their beliefs on the causes of learning difficulties. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 8(1), 69–82.
URL: http://mmr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/8/1/69?ijkey=MG2r1yXzK.mFw&keytype=ref&siteid=spmmr
Questions that apply to this article:
1. Describe the type of mixed methods approach that the authors used. What was the qualitative portion? What was the quantitative portion?
2. How does mixed methods research fit with the research aims?
3. Did the authors take a fixed or emergent mixed methods research design? Describe how they collected the data and analyzed it through this type of fixed or emergent design.