Research: Using Mixed Methods

(3 Credits)

This course is designed to enable students to conduct & evaluate research that uses multiple methods, especially the combination of quantitative & qualitative methods, to address a particular research problem. Students will draw on knowledge gained in prior quantitative & qualitative methods courses to explicitly focus on strategies for combining methods in a single study. Students will be introduced to a variety of ways in which mixed methods are used, including sequencing methods such that data obtained via qualitative approaches is used to inform the design &/or interpretation of quantitative data, & concurrent use of multiple methods.