Deconstructing Mixed Methods Research

Questions: 1. Briefly describe the type of design used by Torres and the timing of the data collection.2. Briefly describe the theoretical lens that underlies the study.3. Briefly describe the data analysis procedures used in the study.4. Explain the rationale for using the mixed method design in this study. Answers: 1: Type of design used by Torres and the timing of the data collection In the article presented by Torres, the applied research design was descriptive research design. Mixed research design is the field of study where the researcher is able to apply and depict each individual participant or respondents/qualitative and quantitative observations taking active participation in the research. A mixed research design enables the researcher to describe each and every individual who take part in the research study (Leech, Onwuegbuzie, 2010). In this research, all the potential respondents were actually individually approaches by the leaders just because of the visible services available in Latino community. The study however provided an understanding of the perceptions of the individuals both in oral terms as well as written consent. The article prepared by Torres, (2009) has portrayed the fact that the study conducted by Torres was actually a qualitative study. The researcher aimed attaining representative sample of the respondents depending upon the age, gender and the generation levels. All the questions that were asked were open ended in nature and the data collection method so applied was semi-structured interviews, where the researcher had selected the questions to enable the respondents to craft and indicate the definition of success. The time taken for each interview was around 45 minutes to 60 minutes. 2: Theoretical lens Theoretical lenses can be of two distinct types namely quantitative and qualitative lenses. Applied theories like as interactionism, phenomenology often assist the researcher to undergo and outline a set of research question that may in future help the researcher to propose explanations and causes. The study based on the Latino community by Torres implied to a consensus analysis of a mixture of quantitative and qualitative respondents of 46 Latino adults. Mixed method researches usually deconstructed through the social sciences in the clinical and health and medical sciences. However, the author has also unfolded the fact that in conducting the mixed research, the researcher needs to collect and evaluate both qualitative and quantitative data. 3: Data analysis procedures used in the study In this research, the overviews and the perceptions of the respondents belonging to Latino Community were analyzed through the application of the strategies that aligned with the grounded theories. Torres used and applied the formula of open coding where all the data were divided and then analyzed accordingly. Accordingly the researcher then developed category themes. Again Torres also depended upon cultural consensus analysis in the phase 2 of the research which ultimately aimed at exploring the cultural consensus analysis of the cultural models that are applied in Latino intercultural competence (Torres, 2009). 4: Rationale for using mixed method design Here in this particular research, Torres applied the mixed method design so as to eradicate the challenges that could have limited the outcomes of the research, if single design (either qualitative or quantitative) was applied. However, Torres has applied the mixed research design so as explain and construe the theoretical lenses of the cultural models used in Latino intercultural competence. References Hanson, W. E., Creswell, J. W., Plano Clark, V. L., Petska, K. S., Creswell, D. J. (2005).Mixed methods research design in counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52, 224235. Leech, N., Onwuegbuzie, A. (2010). Guidelines for conducting and reporting mixed research in the field of counseling and beyond. Journal of Counseling and Development, 88(1), 6170. Torres, L. (2009). Latino definitions of success: A cultural model of intercultural competence. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 31, 576593.