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A mixed methods research approach to investigate undergraduate students’ perceptions of changes enforced due to COVID-19
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posted on 2021-01-27, 19:01 authored by Christina ZournaChristina Zourna, 2. Ioanna Papavassiliou-Alexiou, Nikos Koutsoupias, 4. Aikaterini PapakotaThis paper presents an empirical mixed methods research investigating
undergraduate students’ experiences of the changes that occurred at a mid-sized
public Greek university during spring semester 2019-2020 due to COVID-19. The
research followed a multilevel embedded sequential explanatory design including
a participant selection model which came in accordance with the results of the
preceding Multiple Correspondence and Hierarchical Cluster Analyses. A contribution of this paper to mixed methods research is the
combination of mixed methods paradigm with multivariate data analysis methods.
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Declaration of conflicts of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.Corresponding author email
c.zourna@uom.edu.grLead author country
GreeceLead author job role
PhD StudentLead author institution
University of MacedoniaHuman Participants
YesEthics statement
The research meets the ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements of the study country. Informed consent was obtained by all participants when they agreed to fill in the online Google forms and/or when they agreed orally to participate in the interviews and their answer was recorded.Comments
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