FKIP – Postgraduate Biology Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta in collaboration with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia held guest lectures on Tuesday (23/11/2021) and Tuesday (30/11). /2021). Themed “Mixed Method Research Design and Data Instrumentation” this activity was held online through the Zoom Meeting application.

Moderated by Murni Ramli, S.P., M.Sc., Ed.D. as a lecturer in Biology Education FKIP UNS and opened by Dr. Bowo Sugiharto, S.Pd., M.Pd. as Head of the Postgraduate Biology Education Study Program (Kaprodi) UNS, this activity presented one speaker. Meanwhile, the speaker were Dr. Nurfaradilla Mohamad Nasri. She is the Deputy Dean for Student Affairs at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

This guest lecture was attended by participants from various circles, from students to lecturers at various universities in Indonesia. The activity consisted of a material presentation session also a question and answer session. Then, the event closed with a group photo session.

In the first session, Dr. Nurfaradilla explained the definition and history of mix method research in general. In addition, Dr. Nurfaradilla also explained about the characteristics and types of mixed method research, namely sequential explanatory design, sequential exploratory design, and concurrent design.

“Mix method is a mixed research that uses two approaches at once, namely a qualitative approach and a quantitative approach. This type of research arises because researchers want to get more comprehensive data. Mix method research is characterized by triangulation of data. Researchers discuss the data they find with data that is numerical and descriptive data regarding the themes of the problems found,” explained Dr. Nurfaradilla.

In the second session, Dr. Nurfaradilla put more emphasis on the method used in the mix method research. According to Dr. Nurfaradilla, mixed method research tends to take a lot of time because the researcher must ensure that the data obtained is valid for both types of data, both quantitative and qualitative data.

“Mix method research requires a longer time and more complex stages. If the quantitative or qualitative data obtained are not valid, the researchers must repeat the research until they get valid quantitative and qualitative data,” Dr. Nurfaradilla explained.

Reporter: Rosantika Utami
Editor: Zalfaa Azalia Pursita

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