Editorial: Methodological triangulation in public health research - advancement or mirage?

Running head: METHODOLOGICAL TRIANGULATION Syncretism of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Paradigms: The Case for Methodological Triangulation

The nature of human interaction, particularly within the context of family, is necessarily complex due to the multitude of characteristics which influence the individual's intention toward the other, as well as the characteristics and effects of interaction as a function of the co-construction of meaning between interactants. This essay delineates two arguments, philosophical and pragmatic, whi...

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Editorial: Methodological Approaches for Quantitative Nursing Research

Vindicating methodological triangulation

Social scientists use many different methods, and there are often substantial disagreements about which method is appropriate for a given research question. In response to this uncertainty about the relative merits of different methods, W. E. B. Du Bois advocated for and applied “methodological triangulation”. This is to use multiple methods simultaneously in the belief that, where one is uncer...

GRADE for the advancement of public health.

The recent debate in this journal about the applicability of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to public health interventions is both important and timely. 2 To say it upfront, we are enthusiastic about the transparent, systematic, comprehensive and nevertheless straightforward way in which GRADE guides its users in judging the quality of evi...