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...

Mixed criticality systems (def.): a mixed-critical system is an integrated suite of hardware, operating system and middleware services and application software that supports the execution of safety-critical, mission-critical, and non-critical software within a single, secure compute platform. Imagine a time in the near future when in order to meet an emerging threat, the US Air Force needs to d...

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...

Mixed research synthesis is the latest addition to the repertoires of mixed methods research and systematic review. Mixed research synthesis requires that the problems generated by the methodological diversity within and between qualitative and quantitative studies be resolved. Three basic research designs accommodate this diversity, including the segregated, integrated, and contingent designs....

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...

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...

This paper describes our experiences researching privacy of incidental information using a mixed methodology approach. An on-line survey examined privacy concerns related to the incidental viewing of traces of previous web browsing activity. Topics examined include the scope of the privacy issues in this domain; how browsing behaviours affect the content that may be visible; and the role of con...