Joint displays for qualitative-quantitative synthesis in mixed methods reviews

2021 ◽  
pp. 263208432098437
Author(s):  
Ahtisham Younas ◽  
Shahzad Inayat ◽  
Amara Sundus
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Synthesis ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Excellent Method ◽  
Levels Of Integration

Mixed methods reviews offer an excellent approach to synthesizing qualitative and quantitative evidence to generate more robust implications for practice, research, and policymaking. There are limited guidance and practical examples concerning the methods for adequately synthesizing qualitative and quantitative research findings in mixed reviews. This paper aims to illustrate the application and use of joint displays for qualitative and quantitative synthesis in mixed methods reviews. We used joint displays to synthesize and integrate qualitative and quantitative research findings in a segregated mixed methods review about male nursing students' challenges and experiences. In total, 36 qualitative, six quantitative, and one mixed-methods study was appraised and synthesized in the review. First, the qualitative and quantitative findings were analyzed and synthesized separately. The synthesized findings were integrated through tabular and visual joint displays at two levels of integration. At the first level, a statistics theme display was developed to compare the synthesized qualitative and quantitative findings and the number of studies from which the findings were generated. At the second level, the synthesized qualitative and quantitative findings supported by each other were integrated to identify confirmed, discordant, and expanded inferences using generalizing theme display. The use of two displays allowed in a robust and comprehensive synthesis of studies. Joint displays could serve as an excellent method for rigorous and transparent synthesis of qualitative and quantitative findings and the generation of adequate and relevant inferences in mixed methods reviews.

Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management and policy-making in the health field

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mays ◽  
Catherine Pope ◽  
Jennie Popay
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Form ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Quantitative Synthesis ◽  
Basic Approaches

Policy-makers and managers have always used a wide range of sources of evidence in making decisions about policy and the organization of services. However, they are under increasing pressure to adopt a more systematic approach to the utilization of the complex evidence base. Decision-makers must address complicated questions about the nature and significance of the problem to be addressed; the nature of proposed interventions; their differential impact; cost-effectiveness; acceptability and so on. This means that Cochrane-style reviews alone are not sufficient. Rather, they require access to syntheses of high-quality evidence that include research and non-research sources, and both qualitative and quantitative research findings. There is no single, agreed framework for synthesizing such diverse forms of evidence and many of the approaches potentially applicable to such an endeavour were devised for either qualitative or quantitative synthesis and/or for analysing primary data. This paper describes the key stages in reviewing and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative evidence for decision-making and looks at various strategies that could offer a way forward. We identify four basic approaches: narrative (including traditional ‘literature reviews’ and more methodologically explicit approaches such as ‘thematic analysis’, ‘narrative synthesis’, ‘realist synthesis’ and ‘meta-narrative mapping’), qualitative (which convert all available evidence into qualitative form using techniques such as ‘meta-ethnography’ and ‘qualitative cross-case analysis’), quantitative (which convert all evidence into quantitative form using techniques such as‘quantitative case survey’ or ‘content analysis’) and Bayesian meta-analysis and decision analysis (which can convert qualitative evidence such as preferences about different outcomes into quantitative form or ‘weights’ to use in quantitative synthesis). The choice of approach will be contingent on the aim of the review and nature of the available evidence, and often more than one approach will be required.

scholarly journals The Test of Accessibility of Higher Education in Israel: Instructors’ Attitudes toward High-Functioning Autistic Spectrum Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Nitza Davidovitch ◽  
Alona Ponomaryova ◽  
Hana Gendel Guterman ◽  
Yair Shapira
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Autistic Spectrum ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Support

This study deals with a case study of a program that integrates high-functioning autistic spectrum students in Israeli academia. The case study focuses on the attitudes of students and faculty towards high-functioning autistic spectrum (HFA) students, aiming to examine their contribution to the integration of HFA students in academia, with regard to the academic-social climate and their perceived self-efficacy. The case study may serve academic institutions as a model for the adjustment and integration of autistic spectrum students, with the inclusion of academic and administrative elements. The study is based on mixed methods methodology, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Five hundred twenty six students, 103 faculty, as well as 30 students with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and 27 mentoring students participating in the program, were asked to complete a quantitative research questionnaire. The research findings show that the integration of HFA students in academic studies is potentially possible, predicated on awareness among faculty and students as to the nature of the disability. Variables with high significance for the program's success were detected, involving teaching tools, institutional support, and a tolerant academic-social climate. The research findings indicate that with regard to nearly all the variables the faculty have the highest awareness of and sensitivity to integrating HFA students in academic studies. The literature review, as well as the findings of the current study, support the integration of people with HFA in various institutions and confirm the conditions for this success: institutional and social motivation together with a tolerant atmosphere.

Article Commentary: Mixed Methods in Visitor Studies Research

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven S. Yalowitz ◽  
Marcella D. Wells
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Visitor Studies ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Research Studies

In visitor studies, there has been some debate about the use of qualitative versus quantitative research methods. Many evaluators understand the advantages and disadvantages of both methods, but deciding on the most appropriate method can still be problematic. This article summarizes the tenets of both qualitative and quantitative methods and provides examples of visitor studies for each. It also reviews several research studies that have successfully used mixed methods to evaluate visitors.

scholarly journals Avaliação socioeconômica dos piscicultores do município de Porto Grande, Amapá, Brasil

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Netiê Izabel da Silva de Oliveira ◽  
Alexandro Cezar Florentino
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Economic Production ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Socioeconomic Profile ◽  
The City

The characterization of the socioeconomic profile isanessential tool for various types of analysis, whe nonewantsto know the relations of social processes, economic production over a givenarea, the living conditions of a particular community orgroup of people, and howto determine Its patternofgrowth and development. The present study aimed to evaluate the socioeconomic profile of fishfarmers in the city of Porto Grande, Amapá, Brazil. Eighteen fishfarmers wereinterviewed, as a methodological support, weused qualitative and quantitative research, with application of forms, in these are exposed structured and semi-structured questions. With statistical analysis encompassingallstages of descriptive statistics. The main research findings are the predominance of males in the activity, the mean age of 48.07 ± years, the majority of respondents are married. In school, therewas a predominance of incomplete fundamental level. Fish farmingis not presented as exclusive income, requiring supplementation to meet the needs of families, including agriculture. From the seresults, it was possibleto analyze a range of situations that were never discussed in o thers cientific studies for this region, which praises the importance of this socioeconomic survey.

scholarly journals Hubungan Ketersediaan Sarana untuk Ketrampilan Mahasiswa dengan Kecemasan Menghadapi Ujian Skills Laboratorium

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Yulifah Salistia Budi ◽  
Shanti Wardaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
Sequential Models

ABSTRAKLatar Belakang: Pembelajaran laboratorium adalah bagian penting dari proses pendidikan yang kompleks untuk mempersiapkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam melakukan ketrampilan saat menghadapi ujian skills laboratorium. Masalah dalam pembelajaran laboratorium yaitu mahasiswa tidak melakukan redemonstrasi karena kurang motivasi dan meremehkan, kurang keberanian mahasiswa untuk mencoba, merasa sudah tahu, anggapan keterampilan yang dipelajari kurang menantang, waktu yang terbatas, serta keterbatasan alat praktek. Kondisi tersebut dapat memengaruhi kemampuan skill mahasiswa saat ujian ketrampilan laboratorium yang nantinya akan memengaruhi psikologis mahasiswa. Tujuan penelitian: untuk mengetahui bagaimana hubungan ketersediaan sarana sebagai penunjang ketrampilan mahasiswa dengan kecemasan menghadapi ujian skills laboratorium. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian gabungan model sekuensial eksplanatori, yang melibatkan mahasiswa, dosen dan laboran. Data dianalisis dengan uji statistik Kruskal Wallis, dilanjutkan dengan analisis kualitatif secara manual dengan pengkategorian makna final kemudian disimpulkan dari kedua analisis tersebut. Hasil: Hasil penelitian secara kuantitatif dengan uji statistik Kruskal Wallis didapatkan hubungan yang tidak signifikan pada ketrampilan mahasiswa dengan kecemasan mahasiswa program studi (prodi) Diploma III Keperawatan dalam menghadapi ujian skills laboratorium. Hasil uji kualitatif didapatkan empat tema yaitu ketersediaan alat, efektifitas dalam praktek, kecukupan sumber dan metode untuk menurunkan kecemasan. Diskusi: meskipun keberadaan sarana atau alat sebagai sumber belajar dan keefektifan mahasiswa saat praktikum dipandang kurang mendukung ketrampilannya, tetapi mahasiswa mampu mengendalikan kecemasan yang mereka alami. Simpulan: kecemasan mahasiswa berada pada tingkat ringan, tidak terdapat hubungan antara ketersediaan sarana untuk ketrampilan mahasiswa dengan kecemasan dalam menghadapi ujian skills laboratorium.Kata kunci: cemas, mahasiswa keperawatan, ujian skills laboratorium, sarana laboratoriumRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES FOR STUDENT SKILLS WITH ANXIETY IN FACING LABORATORY SKILLS EXAMINATION: A MIXED METHODS STUDYABSTRACTBackground: Laboratory skills is an important part of a complex educational process order to ability of students in performing skills when facing a laboratory skills examination. A problem in laboratory learning is that students do not perform re-demonstration because they lack motivation and underestimate, are afraid to try, think they already know, think that skills are less challenging, have limited time, and equipment is limited. These conditions may affect the ability of student’s skills during the laboratory skills examination which will later affect their psychology. Objective: To identify the relationship between the availability of facilities to support student skills with anxiety in facing the laboratory skills examination. Methods: This research employed a mixed methods research of explanatory sequential models, involving students, lecturers and laboratory staff. Data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis statistical test, followed by using qualitative analysis manually by categorizing the final significance and concluded from both analyses. Results: The quantitative research results by using the Kruskal-Wallis statistical test indicated that there was no significant relationship of the student skills on the anxiety in students of Diploma Nursing program in facing the laboratory skills examination. The qualitative test results indicatedfour themes, namely availability of equipment, effectiveness in practice, and adequacy of resources and methods to decrease the anxiety. Discussion: Although the availability of facilities or equipment as a source of learning and effectiveness of students during practicum is considered not supporting their skills, students are able to control their anxiety. Conclusion: Students has mild anxiety; there is no significant relationship between the availability offacilities for student skills with anxiety in facing laboratory skills examination.Keywords: anxiety, nursing students, laboratory skills examination, facilities of laboratory

scholarly journals Bricolage research in history education as a scholarly mixed-methods design

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
History Education ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Discipline Area

Research using a mixed-methods design is increasingly becoming the norm, crossing the myriad of educational fields of research, including history education. While commonly interpreted as a combining of qualitative and quantitative methods, mixed methods in history education can also extend to a bricolage approach, whereby the epistemological aspect of research is explicitly used to frame a study incorporating a combination of interdisciplinary methodologies and theoretical underpinnings. It extends beyond the often asserted binary of qualitative and quantitative research. In considering directions of qualitative research in the broad discipline area of education, the work of researchers such as Kincheloe (2005) and Denzin and Lincoln (2005) is used throughout this paper within a qualitative research context based on the work of Kincheloe and Tobin (2006). Adopting their approach of investigating the complexity of the lived world means placing research within a number of contexts. Research can be framed – from conceptualization to data gathering to analysis – in a range of contexts, appropriately matched between stage of research and underpinning theories. This paper reports on how bricolage can be used to frame research in history education.

Moving from Tension to Texture

2016 ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Preston B. Cosgrove ◽  
Peter M. Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Puzzle Box

Much like a jigsaw puzzle box top guides one in how to connect the pieces, an individual's research paradigm operates as a conscious or subconscious influence in conducting a research project. This chapter starts by making the argument for the critical role of research paradigms before moving into a thorough investigation of the paradigmatic origins of the qualitative-quantitative “debate.” While mixed-methods research is often seen as the mediator in the dispute, the authors then articulate four broad ways in which mixed methods research addresses the paradigm divide at the heart of qualitative and quantitative research. The result is paradigmatically complex, but offers researchers flexibility as they seek to address their research question.

Practical utility of mixed methods research in pharmacy practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Elder Dalpoas ◽  
Kenneth M Shermock
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Literature Highlight ◽  
Complex Question

Abstract Purpose Our aim was to review key methodological concepts and provide a practical guide to employing mixed methods research to enhance pharmacy practice research. Summary Mixed methods research provides multiple organized analytic perspectives to thoroughly investigate complex social and scientific problems in a methodologically rigorous manner. This research design incorporates collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data components to create a thorough understanding of a complex question. The 5 most commonly identified reasons for conducting mixed methods research include triangulation, complementarity, development, initiation, and expansion of results. For research questions that benefit from mixed methods research, we review how to structure the study, including timing, sequencing, and prioritization of methods. Illustrative examples from the literature highlight the utility of this methodology for clinical and operational pharmacy research questions. Conclusion Mixed methods designs can enhance pharmacy research inquiry, provide a means to understand complicated issues, and uncover optimal interventions.

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