ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the use of Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool appraise and strengthen methodological rigor mixed methods studies in nursing. Method: a theoretical essay was used application support development assessment research Four articles nursing were purposely chosen evaluated based on criteria. Results: is tool for evaluating primary five evaluation criteria: 1) justification a...

Mixed methods, mixed methodology research is a little documented but increasingly accepted approach employed to investigate organizational phenomena. The author presents a synthesis of literature that informed the decision to adopt a mixed methods, mixed methodology, dominantly naturalistic study approach to health services research in which she explored the process and organizational consequen...

74 Introduction ‘Mixed methods’ is a research approach whereby researchers collect and analyse both quantitative and qualitative data within the same study. 2 Growth of mixed methods research in nursing and healthcare has occurred at a time of internationally increasing complexity in healthcare delivery. Mixed methods research draws on potential strengths of both qualitative and quantitative me...

Mixed methods research is the use of quantitative and qualitative methods in a single study or series of studies. It is an emergent methodology which is increasingly used by health researchers, especially within health services research. There is a growing literature on the theory, design and critical appraisal of mixed methods research. However, there are few papers that summarize this methodo...

Historically, psychological research has relied heavily on experimental and quasi-experimental studies collecting and analyzing numeric data. When/if narrative or other unstructured data (e.g., videos, observations, field notes) have been collected, they have been analyzed quantitatively by converting them to numeric indicators. This is still evident in current publications (including this Hand...

Qualitative research includes a variety of methodological approacheswith different disciplinary origins and tools. This article discusses three commonly used approaches: grounded theory, mixed methods, and action research. It provides background for those who will encounter these methodologies in their reading rather than instructions for carrying out such research. We describe the appropriate ...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to determine the uses of mixed method research designs published in major marketing journals. Design/methodology/approach – This study involved a content analysis of 2,166 articles published between 2003 and 2009 in nine prominent marketing journals. Findings – A total of 34 mixed method studies implemented data-collection procedures sequentially (79 per...

This paper describes how one research team uses a variety of qualitative, cultural anthropological research techniques and qualitative survey research techniques to better understand the characteristics of young people who drink and do not drink alcohol. The team used qualitative methods of cultural anthropology for initial small-group studies of three mental constructs known to predict behavio...

This BMC Special Issue on qualitative and mixed methods research in clinical trials marks an important stage in both methodological development and collaborative relationships between researchers from different academic and clinical fields. It is indicative of the level of interest in the work of a now-substantial community of researchers, and a measure of the extent of integration of that work...

European Journal of Information Systems (2013) 22, 251–256. doi:10.1057/ejis.2013.6 Mixed methods research – ‘the third methodological movement’ (Teddlie & Tashakkori, 2009) – appears to be one of those phenomena that attracts considerable interest but is rarely brought into practice, at least judging by the publications in major information systems (IS) outlets, where mixed methods studies rep...