scholarly journals Making Sense of Adopted Children's Internal Reality Using Narrative Story Stem Techniques: A Mixed-Methods Synthesis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Tang ◽  
Dries Bleys ◽  
Nicole Vliegen
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Narrative Story ◽  
Internal Reality

Making sense of fashion involvement among Malaysian Gen Y and its implications

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boon Chui Carol Teo ◽  
Nur Suhaila Nik ◽  
Nurul Fatin Azman
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Theoretical Implication ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Gen Y ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Survey Questionnaires ◽  
Insatiable Appetite ◽  
Fashion Involvement

In keeping pace with globalization of the fashion retail industry, fashion retailers are expanding aggressively across Asia. Malaysia is no exception with clothing market demand expected to double from USD3.6 million in 2011 to USD7 million in 2018. New foreign retail brands have mushroomed to compete alongside local brands to cater to the fashionable aspired yet unique Gen Y. This study dwells into determinants of fashion involvement of Malaysian Gen Y. They appear to have an insatiable appetite for the quick and trendy lines although less interested in logo-centric clothes and want unbranded goods, dressing for self-identity. They have blur distinctions as compared to earlier generations where dressing is seen as a way to fit in. Given their blurring fashion identity, local fashion retailers find it increasingly difficult to understand this ever-evolving customer base. Methodology involved mixed methods with storefront observations and interviews with top local fashion retailer. Using mall intercept approach, Gen Y were sampled via survey questionnaires. Findings were contrary to other studies. Fashion knowledge was the only dominant and significant factor. Local brand confidence, fashion shopping style and patronage behaviour were non-significant predictors. Implications on fashion retailing and theoretical implication on fashion involvement are debated

Digital methods I

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Leszczynski
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Data Analytic ◽  
Digital Research

In this first of three reports, I engage with ‘digital methods’ as methodologies or approaches to knowing and making sense of the world. Triangulation and representativeness are two sites of tension at which new opportunities for research opened up by digital mediums, mediations and data sources come up against epistemological limitations of methodologies for accessing and making sense of digital presences, practices, and spatialities. Triangulation signals the challenges of maximizing meaning in qualitative and mixed-methods digital research, whereas representativeness captures the challenges of using data-analytic approaches to say something meaningful about socio-spatial relations rather than about digital entities per se.

Feasibility and acceptability of a telehealth platform for delivering the Making Sense of Brain Tumour programme: A mixed-methods pilot study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Tamara Ownsworth ◽  
Lee Cubis ◽  
Tali Prasad ◽  
Matthew Foote ◽  
Melissa Kendall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Making Sense

User perspective on receiving adaptive equipment after stroke: A mixed-methods study

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-306
Author(s):  
Pauline Boland ◽  
William M. M. Levack ◽  
Fiona P. Graham ◽  
Meredith A. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Postal Questionnaire ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
User Perspective ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Reflection Time

Background. Adaptive equipment (AE) is frequently provided during stroke rehabilitation by occupational therapists. Purpose. This study aimed to identify the AE that people typically use after a stroke and the outcomes achieved as a result, and to explore people’s experiences obtaining and using AE, to inform both practice and policy in this field. Method. A mixed-methods study, involving a postal questionnaire and interviews, used descriptive statistics and grounded theory to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Findings. Questionnaire data ( n = 258) revealed mobility AE was issued most frequently, with increased safety as the primary reported outcome. Interview data ( n = 15) indicated relationships with health professionals and the hospital environment shaped early AE selection and use. Once home, making sense of AE and community participation were more influential. Implications. Therapeutic relationships and reflection time are critical to maximize AE use after stroke. Policy and related funding for AE need to prioritize community participation.

scholarly journals Making sense of methods – a conversation about qualitative research in library and information studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (125) ◽  
pp. 4-16
Author(s):  
Edward Francis Abbott-Halpin ◽  
Antony Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
Key Issues

Currently there is an embarrassment of riches with regards to research in areas such as library and information studies [LIS] – a range of possibilities, both qualitative and quantitative – added to which we now have the potential for ‘mixed methods’ and the lure of ‘Big Data’ as a resourced that appears to offer a readily available and potentially fruitful basis for investigative studies. All of this provides a rich body of resources for researchers, but this abundance also has a downside leading to confusion and perplexity. Contributions such as this special issue are intended to resolve and ameliorate this, and so we seek to address some of these issues in the form of an interchange between two researchers with interests that include, but are not limited to, research in LIS. The aim of this is to seek some clarification of key issues involved; although we realize that this is unlikely to provide any definitive outcome, it may assist those seeking some guidance on these matters.

Integration as a Process: Applying Iterative Multiple Correspondence Analysis to Surface Dynamic Findings

2021 ◽  
pp. 155868982110216
Author(s):  
Elisabeth L. Kutscher ◽  
Lionel C. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Data Type ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Crossover Analysis ◽  
Research Integration ◽  
Surface Dynamic

A defining characteristic of mixed methods research, integration receives considerable attention in the field, yet evidence suggests that the process of integration may be challenging in practice. Crossover analyses, in which methods typically used with one data type are applied to a different data type, can deepen integration. Using an example from the field of education, this article demonstrates the iterative application of multiple correspondence analysis as a crossover analysis through a four-stage integration process. Contributions to the field of mixed methods include (a) the utility and potential of multiple correspondence analysis to surface new dimensions of integrated findings, (b) considerations for rigor in the application of crossover methods, and (c) considerations for making sense of diffractive or dynamic findings.

‘I don’t know whether it is to do with age or to do with hormones and whether it is do with a stage in your life’: Making sense of menopause and the body

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena R Rubinstein ◽  
Juliet LH Foster
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Body Shame ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Self Objectification ◽  
Women’S Views

This article discusses a mixed-methods study that explored women’s views about menopause and any relationship between these and several measures of body consciousness. A total of 270 women in the United Kingdom completed surveys of menopausal attitudes, self-objectification, body surveillance and body shame. There was a positive association between rating highly on body dissatisfaction scales and holding negative attitudes towards menopause. Interviews (n = 12) were conducted to investigate this further. Menopause was inextricably linked with aging for these women, and changing appearance was a particular concern for women who rated high on self-objectification. The implications of this are discussed.

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