Research Methods

Workshop 1:

You will review three articles according to quality criteria for qualitative research. Read the three articles (below) with methodological “glasses”. Review the three articles according to Yardleys (2000), quality criteria. Chose the criteria (you can choose several) that you find most relevant for each article. Hand in a paper, single spaced.

Articles to read:

Smith et al 2015.

Wilson et al. 2015.

Mansfield et al. 2010.

Guidelines for Quality criteria:

Yardleys. 2000

Workshop 2:

Hand in written paper where you discuss the literature from the perspective of two discussion questions that you formulate. The principles of mixed methods research, its rationale and relevance for psychology based on the discussion questions you bring. Prepare by reading the assigned literature:

Literature:
Creswell, John. W., & Plano Clark, Vicki. L. (2017). Designing and conducting mixed method research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ca 400 s. ISBN-13: 978-1483344379 Pages 65-67 & 98 Chapter 3
Johnson, R. B., Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Turner, L. A. (2007). Toward a definition of mixed-methods research. Journal of Mixed-methods Research, 1(2), 112-133
Power, Séamus. A., Velez, Gabriel., Qadafi, Ahmad., & Tennant, Joseph. (2018). The SAGE model of social psychological research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(3), 359-372. 13 s
Landrum, Brittany, & Garza, Gilbert (2015). Mending fences: Defining the domains and approaches of quantitative and qualitative research. Qualitative Psychology, 2(2), 199-209. 10 s.

Workshop 3:

Start to think of a research question/aim that you would like to address in a mixed methods study. Define aim/research question and a preliminary design for the study that you will present in your exam (presentation and written assignment). Write and discuss the example articles (focus on methods and mixed method design) and plus describing your research question and preliminary design.

Literature:

McKim, Courtney. A. (2017). The value of mixed methods research: A mixed methods study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 11(2), 202-222. 20 s.
Eriksson, P. L., Wängqvist, M., Carlsson, J., & Frisén, A. (2020). Identity development in early adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 56(10), 1968–1983.