Transcending the Quantitative‐Qualitative Divide With Mixed Methods Research: A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Congruence and Completeness in the Study of Values

McLafferty, Charles L.; Slate, John R.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-007x.2010.tb00021.x

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“…The quantitative approach "primarily used quantifiable, numeric data and the use of statistics" guided by the Raosoft sample size calculator (Raosoft, 2004). The qualitative approach "primarily involved the use of non-numeric data, expressed and analyzed in words" (McLafferty, Slate and Onwuegbuzie, 2010). Data collection sites included Kigali City, and the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern provinces of Rwanda.…”

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Gender-Related Factors Influencing Female Students’ Participation in Higher Education in Rwanda

Rubagiza¹,

Umutoni²,

Iyakaremye³

2022

IJAHE

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Rwanda is widely seen as one of the most progressive countries in the world with regard to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. In education, for example, girls’ access to primary and secondary education is among the highest in Africa. However, female students’ participation remains limited in public universities and they constitute only around a third of the student population at the University of Rwanda. This article explores the factors that influence female students’ participation in public higher education in the country. It draws from a study commissioned by the University of Rwanda on the causes of low female enrolment at the institution that was conducted between 2016 and 2017. The study employed a mixed methods approach, and data was gathered by means of questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions. The results revealed interlinked structural (such as university policies) and socio-cultural factors that contribute to the exclusion of female students from Rwanda’s top university. Given the complexities involved, this calls for a multi-pronged approach to address the issue of female representation at the University. Key words: Gender disparities, female students, higher education, Rwanda

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confidence: 99%

Gender-Related Factors Influencing Female Students’ Participation in Higher Education in Rwanda

Rubagiza¹,

Umutoni²,

Iyakaremye³

2022

IJAHE

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“…Qualitative descriptive analysis was chosen to allow participants to express their opinion in a semi-structured way (12). For three questions on the survey, they were asked to list five adjectives they would use to describe a person with anxiety, a person with depression, then the character Charlie.…”

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The Perks of Watching a Movie: How the Portrayal of Anxiety and Depression in Film Affects Teenagers’ Perception of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Wolcott,

Kurtz

2021

J Emerg Invest

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In film, anxiety and depressive disorders are often depicted inaccurately. When viewers are exposed to these inaccurate portrayals, they collect misinformation about the disorders, as well as people who live with them, leading to stigma. This study used a mixed-method descriptive approach to analyze 16 teenagers’ attitudes towards people with anxiety and depression. We then compared these results to their attitudes towards the character Charlie in the coming-of-age film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, who has clinical anxiety and depression. Participants were given an initial survey, shown clips from the film, then given a reflection survey. They were also asked their thoughts on the depiction of anxiety and depression in film as a whole and its implications. We hypothesized that participants would develop a more negative opinion of people with anxiety and depressive disorders after watching the film as compared to their initial survey because characters with mental illnesses are most often depicted as violent and unable to lead a normal life. The results did not support our hypothesis. We found that participants used more adjectives with positive connotations to describe the character Charlie than they had used to describe someone with anxiety and depression. Additionally, while participants understood how these portrayals create stigma, they did not attribute this to misinformation. These results can be used to help both the film industry and the movie-going public better understand the effects of inaccurate storytelling and the extent to which it informs public perception.

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“…For instance, Wolcott (2001) identified 19 of such approaches, while Tesch (1990) identified 28. However, the widely discussed and used techniques include: interviewing, participant observation, analysis of documents, ethnography study, phenomenology, hermeneutic, case study, and grounded theory study (see Creswell, 2009;McLafferty et al, 2010;Denzin and Lincoln, 2011;Bryman, 2012;Robson, 2011). (2003) defined mixed-methods research is a research design (or methodology) in which the researcher collects, analyzes, and mixes (integrates or connects) both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study or a multiphase programme of inquiry.…”

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Systems thinking and modelling for sustainable water resources management and agricultural development in the Volta River Basin, West Africa

Kotir¹

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It is well established that the conventional approaches to understanding and managing natural resource systems such as the traditional linear-reductionist and mechanistic approach founded on a positivistic understanding of science do not provide a sufficient framework for understanding the dynamic complexity and growing uncertainties inherent in most environmental systems. Dynamic complexity arises because such systems are: tightly coupled (components or drivers of the system interact with one another); governed by feedback; nonlinear; history dependent (making a choice precludes other options and determines the destiny); adaptive (decision rules change over time); counterintuitive (cause and effect are distant in time and space); and policy resistant. Despite the recognition of these complexities, there is still a lack of dynamic models that adequately integrate various physical, social, and economic factors and feedback processes that determine the current and future dynamics of most Social-ecological systems such as water resources management systems. There is, therefore, the need for an integrated system dynamics simulation model that adequately captures the non-linear interactions and feedback effects between the key system drivers to improve our understanding of the dynamic behaviour of water resource systems and evaluate the effects of different policy and management scenarios.The overall aim of this research was to develop computer-based integrated conceptual, dynamic and simulation models that can be used to support decision-making for sustainable water resources management and agricultural development in the Volta River Basin in West Africa. To this end, a systems-based/systems thinking approach was used as the theoretical framework. Systems dynamics approach grounded in the relativistic, holistic/pragmatist philosophical or methodological paradigm provided an appropriate modelling tool to capture the relationships between the key system variables and their dynamic behaviour over time. Overall, a three-tied research plan (mixed methods approach) was employed. A comprehensive literature review, structured expert judgement/surveys and interviews were used to explore and identify the key system drivers, factors, and processes that influence the sustainability of the river basin system. A participatory modelling approach was employed where the system expert stakeholders from academia, NGOs, government, and private consultants were engaged in developing an integrated qualitative conceptual model that described the causal systemic feedback processes operating between the biophysical, environmental, and socio-economic drivers of the system. Based on the conceptual model, a formal quantitative simulation model was then developed using a system dynamics simulation approach, allowing different policy scenarios and strategies to be identified and tested. Besides the baseline or business as usual scenario, three additional policy scenarios were designed and simulated to explore ii alternative futures, incl...

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Transcending the Quantitative‐Qualitative Divide With Mixed Methods Research: A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Congruence and Completeness in the Study of Values

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Gender-Related Factors Influencing Female Students’ Participation in Higher Education in Rwanda

Gender-Related Factors Influencing Female Students’ Participation in Higher Education in Rwanda

The Perks of Watching a Movie: How the Portrayal of Anxiety and Depression in Film Affects Teenagers’ Perception of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Systems thinking and modelling for sustainable water resources management and agricultural development in the Volta River Basin, West Africa

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