Identify a mixed methods design that would accomplish your quantitative and qualitative research objectives.

Applying Mixed Method Research Design to a Research Scenario

In this Discussion, you will identify a mixed methods research design you could use to accomplish your quantitative and qualitative research objectives from the previous Discussions.

To Prepare:Read this week’s Learning Resources on mixed methods designs. Think about how each design sequences and combines quantitative and qualitative approaches to achieve research objectives.
Review your Week 1 through Week 4 Discussions on a quantitative and qualitative research problem, purpose, research question, and theoretical/conceptual framework.
Identify a mixed methods design that would accomplish your quantitative and qualitative research objectives.
Alignment of scenario elements is important. See the Examples of Aligned and Misaligned Scenarios document, which can be downloaded from the Week 5 Learning Resources area of the classroom.