“One or Many? Understanding European Identity in a Mixed-Methods Study” was the title of the MAXDAYS 2025 session I watched tonight. The speaker was Justyna Okrucińska worked with Verbi before starting with a doctoral program. The project they spoke about was from their masters thesis. Justyna used a European dataset (MANIFESTO) to investigate identity. Thirteen […]
The keynote for MAXDAYS 2025 day 2 was by John W. Creswell. The title of the session was “Update: Trends in Mixed Methods Research, 2025.” Creswell has written numerous books on mixed methods research. Creswell lives in Japan eight months a year! They have been doing mixed methods research for four decades. In 2023, they […]
Tonight I watched a session on mixed methods for survey data analysis from the MAXDAYS 2025 recordings. Amelie Damarcher was the presenter. They discussed how surveys can have open ended and closed questions. Closed questions have limited options. Open ended questions are those that don’t have simple yes/no responses. The combination of both types of […]
Tonight I watched the session QM conference session by Amy M. Grincewicz, the Director of Instructional Design at Kent State University. The title of this session was “Unwrapping the Dimensions of Quality in Online Degree Programs.” Grincewicz has been interested in online degree programs (ODP) and research on their quality. Grincewicz used a live poll […]

