What will we study in the HiT624 Mixed Methods Research in Communication Studies class? Let’s go through the course outline week by week…
Week 1 | What is mixed methodology? Philosophical background of mixed research methods. |
Reference list – Doğan ÖZLEM; Doğa Bilimleri ve ‘Sosyal Bilimler’ Ayrımının Dünü ve Bugünü Üzerine; 1998, Toplum ve Bilim Dergisi (76); s.7-40 (Turkish). Click here to go to the journal official page – Beylü DİKEÇLİGİL; Sosyolojide Metodolojik Farklılaşma Ve Metodlar Arası İşbirliği; III. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi Bildirileri; s.97-126 (Turkish) Click here to read. – Sabahattin Zaim; Genç İlim Adamına Nasihatler; 2007; I. Genç Akademisyenler Buluşması Açılış Konuşması (Turkish) Click here to read – Beylü DİKEÇLİGİL; Ontolojiyi Hatırlamak Sosyolojide Yöntem Sorunu; 2017; Çizgi Kitabevi (Turkish) Click here to purchase |
Week 2 | Quantitative research method and philosophical background |
Reference list – Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches; John W. Creswell; SAGE Publications, Inc. (This book has also a Turkish edition.) |
Week 3 | Qualitative research method and philosophical background |
Reference list – Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches; John W. Creswell; SAGE Publications, Inc. (This book has also a Turkish edition.) – Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction; Corrine Glesne; Pearson (This book has also a Turkish edition.) – Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3:2, 77-101, DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qp063oa |
Week 4 | Mixed research method designs and symbols. |
Reference list – Mixed Methods Research: A Guide to the Field (Mixed Methods Research Series); Vicki L. Plano Clark, Nataliya V. Ivankova; SAGE Publications, Inc (This book has also a Turkish edition.) – Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research; John W. Creswell, Vicki L. Plano Clark; SAGE Publications, Inc. (This book has also a Turkish edition.) – Toraman, S. (2021). Karma Yöntemler Araştırması: Kısa Tarihi, Tanımı, Bakış Açıları ve Temel Kavramlar/ Mixed Methods Research: A Brief History, Definitions, Perspectives, and Key Elements . Nitel Sosyal Bilimler , 3 (1) , 1-29 . DOI: 10.47105/nsb.847688 |
Week 5 | Sequental explanatory mixed research design |
Reference list – Buck, G., Cook, K., Quigley, C., Eastwood, J., & Lucas, Y. (2009). Profiles of Urban, Low SES, African American Girls’ Attitudes Toward Science: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 3(4), 386–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689809341797 – Demir, S. B. (2018). Predatory journals: Who publishes in them and why? Journal of Informetrics, 12(4), 1296–1311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.10.008 – Campbell, R., Patterson, D., & Bybee, D. (2011). Using Mixed Methods to Evaluate a Community Intervention for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Methodological Tale. Violence Against Women, 17(3), 376–388. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801211398622 |
Week 6 | Sequental exploratory mixed research design |
Reference list – Selçuk Beşir DEMİR.(2018).Academic Incentive Allowance: Scientific Productivity, Threats, Expectations (an Example Of Exploratory Sequential Mixed Design Study).International Online Journal of Educational Sciences |
Week 7 | Embedded mixed research design |
Reference list – Bakla, A. (2019). A mixed-methods study of tailor-made animated cartoons in teaching punctuation in EFL writing. ReCALL, 31(1), 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344018000046 |
Week 8 | Convergent mixed research design |
Reference list – Demir, S. B., & Pismek, N. (2018). A Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Study of Controversial Issues in Social Studies Classes: A Clash of Ideologies. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 18(1), 119–149. |
Week 9 | Transformative and multiphase mixed research designs |
Reference list – Mertens, D. M. (2012). Transformative Mixed Methods: Addressing Inequities. American Behavioral Scientist, 56(6), 802–813. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764211433797 – Hodgkin, S. (2008). Telling It All: A Story of Women’s Social Capital Using a Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2(4), 296–316. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689808321641 |
Week 10 | JAMOVI for quantitative data analysis |
Reference list – Learning Statistics with Jamovi: A Tutorial for Psychology Students and Other Beginners; Danielle J. Navarro, David R. Foxcroft; https://www.learnstatswithjamovi.com/ – Jamovi – Uygulamalı İstatistik Analizleri – Sosyal Bilimcilere Yönelik Araştırma Hikayeleri ile Anlatım; Ömer Lütfi Antalyalı, Ali Murat Alparslan; Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık (Turkish) – Datalabcc (Quantitative data analysis on Jamovi): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkk92zzyru5OAtc_ItUubaSSq6S_TGfRn |
Week 11 | MAXQDA for qualitative data analysis |
Reference list – Zeynep Kurnaz (Qualitative data analysis on MaxQDA): https://www.youtube.com/c/ZeynepKurnaz/featured |
Week 12 | Literatür review (using ZOTERO) |
Reference list – ARDaT, Academy of Research, Design, and Training (Director). (2022). Lisansüstü Seminer Serisi—Haziran—Zotero Referans Yönetim Aracı. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbm4I1kXJvI |
Week 13 | Literature review analysis on MAXQDA |
Reference list – MAXQDA VERBI. (2018). Literature Reviews with MAXQDA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikiBcP5uQQ – VERBI. (2020). Literature Reviews with MAXQDA. VERBI Software. Consult. Sozialforschung. GmbH. https://www.maxqda.com/download/Literature-Reviews-with-MAXQDA2020.pdf – Buracademy. (2022). Literatür Analizinde MAXQDA Kullanımı (Webinar). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZtxlhHVOFk |
Week 14 | Writing and evaluating the research proposal |
Reference list – ERU Institute for Social Sciences. (2022). Erciyes Üniversitesi. Tez Öneri ve Tez Yazım İşlemleri. https://sbe.erciyes.edu.tr/tr/tez-oneri-ve-tez-yazim-islemleri – Click here to download the blank template of the mixed methods research process mentioned in Clark&Ivankova, 2015 to state the methodology of your research proposal – Ramazan, Y. (2021). Araştırmanın Alfabesi: Yeni Başlayanlar ve Yeniden Başlamak İsteyenler İçin Akademi Kültürü. Babil Kitap. – Tashakkori, A., & Creswell, J. W. (2007). Editorial: Exploring the Nature of Research Questions in Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(3), 207–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689807302814 – Bazeley, P., & Kemp, L. (2012). Mosaics, Triangles, and DNA: Metaphors for Integrated Analysis in Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 6(1), 55–72. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689811419514 |
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