Integrated Mixed Methods

Mixed methods research (MMR) refers to research design and implementation that combines qualitative and quantitative data collection and/or analysis strategies. This seminar explores strategies for effectively designing, implementing, and integrating MMR. Through discussion of exemplars and theoretical frameworks, we will consider best practices for “mixing” methods and presenting integrated findings. Participants will gain practical skills for aligning methodological choices with research questions, implementing complementary qualitative and quantitative techniques, and articulating cohesive and rigorous mixed methods results.

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Preventing Vertical Transmission of HIV: Insights from Simulation Modeling

Join the Children's Research Institute for a seminar with Horacio A. Duarte, MD, MS, an assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Duarte is a physician-scientist with clinical training in pediatric infectious diseases and research training in epidemiology, decision analysis, and health economics. His research focuses on developing computer-based simulation models to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment and prevention policies for adults and children in resource-limited settings.

Participate in the seminar at 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building (with lunch provided). A zoom option is also available.

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Qualtrics is a powerful browser-based web-survey tool. It is available to UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, and students, for UNC-related projects. Qualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the responses all from one place.

In this course, we will cover basic Qualtrics functions beginning with an overview of survey options and settings, followed by hands-on practice programming and distributing a survey and downloading results. We will program some of the most common question and response types, customize requirements and validation, and add display logic, skip logic, and basic branch logic in the “survey flow”. We will then create and upload a contact list and discuss advantages and disadvantages of distributing the survey with a single reusable link vs. the survey mailer. Finally, we will cover a basic overview of the Data & Analysis tab for viewing, editing, and exporting raw data into various formats including .csv, .tsv, .excel, and .spss. Other topics include project sharing/ collaboration, Groups and Libraries, and preventing fraudulent responses and bot activity.

This is an introductory course and will not cover use of the online analysis tools within Qualtrics. Please note, this is a hands-on course. All participants are required to create a Qualtrics account before the course.

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