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| Autor/inn/en | Hewlett, Lynn; Werbeloff, Merle |
|---|---|
| Titel | Preparing Public Management Students for Mixed Methods Research |
| Quelle | In: Teaching Public Administration, 41 (2023) 3, S.367-388 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Hewlett, Lynn) ORCID (Werbeloff, Merle) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0144-7394 |
| DOI | 10.1177/01447394221110339 |
| Schlagwörter | Public Administration Education; Graduate Students; Mixed Methods Research; Curriculum Design; Research Methodology; Statistics; Mathematics Anxiety; Research Projects; Social Sciences; Student Attitudes; Attitude Measures |
| Abstract | Mixed methods approaches are increasing advocated for researching complex problems in the social sciences, but they are not widely used by postgraduate students of public management. This article describes a study where qualitative and quantitative methods lecturers worked collaboratively to design and teach both methodology courses in an integrated way to encourage public management master's students to see the two methods as complementary, and thus possibly be more open to consider using the mixed methods approach in their research. A multi-method research design was used in this study. Students' prior studies of qualitative and quantitative research methodology were not found to predict their summative course marks significantly on qualitative and quantitative components, respectively, but initial cognitive competence in the study of statistics correlates with summative performance in the quantitative component. Qualitative and quantitative summative scores correlate strongly, with those students with higher qualitative and higher quantitative summative scores tending to score higher on a task where they reflect on the value of both approaches to their own proposed research. However, students with lower scores, who comprise the majority of the sample, are not able to demonstrate appreciation of the possibilities or status of applying both methodologies to their own research. They tend to misunderstand foundational concepts when applied to their research design and/or show limited ability to apply their understanding to design their own work accurately or in a workable way. This study suggests that, where postgraduate students have prior limited exposure to research methods, improving the quality of student research and their engagement with mixed methods may require more mastery of both methods and methodologies than the scope and pacing of taught master's programmes usually allow. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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