Mixed Method Research
Ph.D. -course
- ECTS credits
- 3
- Teaching semesters Spring
- Course code
- NORED903
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
Course description
Objectives and Content
Content
The content of this mixed methods research (MMR) course will be:
• Purposes of MMR
• Defining MMR
• Paradigms in MMR
• Research design MMR
• Sampling methods in MMR
• Trustworthiness, validity, and legitimation in MMR
• Data analysis in MMR
• Writing MMR
Main learning objectives
The main course goal is to introduce PhD students to mixed methods research, and show examples of how to carry out MMR in your doctoral thesis. Throughout the course the PhD students will develop their understanding of how to design MMR, collect quantitative and qualitative data, analyze these multiple data sources, and report it as a coherent whole in their own doctoral thesis. The course aims to develop the PhD students’ abilities to understand the ontological, axiological, epistemological and methodological implications of MMR in their own doctoral thesis.
After completing the course, the PhD students will have general knowledge about:
• The varieties and purposes of MMR
• How referees and editors assess MMR articles
• The most common research designs in MMR at the PhD level
• How to write about MMR in your synopsis in a coherent way
• The required transparency of MMR as part of your doctoral thesis
• Ways of presenting MMR findings in your articles and synopsis
After completing the course, the PhD student will have specific knowledge about:
• How to carry out mixed methods research
• Philosophy of science underpinnings of MMR (ontological, axiological, epistemological and methodological positioning)
• Theoretical frameworks in MMR doctoral studies
• Different research designs in MMR
• How to present MMR findings in the articles and synopsis
Learning Outcomes
By completing the course the PhD students will have completed the following learning aims, which are here defined as knowledge, skills, and general competence:
Knowledge:
The PhD student will have knowledge about how to conduct MMR as part of an article based PhD thesis, purposes of MMR in an article based PhD thesis research, and what are the most common ground elements a of MMR study at doctoral level. The PhD student will be familiar with relevant research design within MMR, and how to apply these in their own doctoral thesis. The PhD student will be familiar with various ways for assessing MMR studies.
Skills:
The PhD student will be able to design a MMR study in a coherent and transparent way for article based PhD thesis.
General competence:
The PhD student will be able to understand the purpose of mixed methods research, the required skills to design a MMR study and carry out MMR study as part of their doctoral thesis.
ECTS Credits
3 ECTS Credits (80% attendance during lectures and academic paper)
1 ECTS Credits (80% attendance during lectures)
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Forms of Assessment
The assessment criteria at the Faculty of Psychology will be used. Pass or fail
3 ECTS Credits: Pass included 80 % attendance during lectures and approval of academic paper (2500-3000 words) where the PhD student demonstrates how he or she can carry out a MMR study in his or her doctoral thesis. The paper will be assessed (approved/revise and resubmit) by the course coordinator or instructor. The workload for the paper is estimated to be 2 weeks. The PhD student should set aside enough time for work with the prescribed course texts and the paper before the set submission deadline.
1 ECTS Credits: 80% attendance during lectures.
Reading List
Hesse-Biber, S., Rodriguez, D. og Frost, N.A. (2015). Qualitatively Driven Approach to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research. I S. Hesse-Biber og B. Johnson, The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (s. 3–20) (Oxford Library of Psychology). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Johnson, R.B., Onwuegbuzie, A.J., og Turner, L. (2007). Toward a Definition of Mixed Methods Research.
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 112–133.
Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2017). Chapter 11: Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research. From Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.
Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2017). Chapter 17: Mixed Research. From Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.
Kunnskapsdepartementet (2014). The levels of qualifications in the NQF, Level 8, Ph.d, 3. cycle: www.nokut.no/en/Facts-and-statistics/The-Norwegian-Educational-System/The-Norwegian-qualifications-framework/Levels/
Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (2015). Recommended Guidelines for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD). Retrieved 16.02.2017 from:
www.uhr.no/documents/150415_Recommende_Guidelines_for_the_Doctor_of_Philosophy_Degree PhD_.pdf
Pearce, L. (2015). Thinking Outside the Q Boxes: Further Motivating a Mixed Research Perspective. I S. Hesse
-Biber og B. Johnson (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry
(s. 42–56) (Oxford Library of Psychology). New York. Oxford University Press.