scholarly journals The Interdisciplinary Research Team not the Interdisciplinarist

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Shanti Shanker ◽  
Sharada Prasad Wasti ◽  
Jillian Ireland ◽  
Pramod R Regmi ◽  
Padam Prasad Simkhada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Team Player

Worldwide there is a growing interest in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research.  This overview paper addresses some of the pitfalls and barriers to being an interdisciplinary researcher. Being involved in interdisciplinary research is not an easy option for an individual discipline expert. It requires individual skills, ability to see beyond one’s discipline and perhaps personality characteristics such as a great team player. Interdisciplinary research may involve a mixed-methods approach underpinned by conflicting, and according to some incommensurable, research philosophies. The paper uses some examples from our own experiences of working in interdisciplinary teams to illustrate its potential.

Methodology and fieldwork

2018 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Georgios A. Antonopoulos ◽  
Alexandra Hall ◽  
Joanna Large ◽  
Anqi Shen ◽  
Michael Crang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Law And Humanities ◽  
Different Sources

Chapter two presents the methods and data used by the research team. Recognising the value of different sources of data, the research adopted a mixed-methods approach. The combined expertise of the research team was utilised to incorporate approaches from social sciences, law and humanities.

scholarly journals Improving interdisciplinary research through educational trading zones: A mixed methods approach to evaluating communication patterns between physicians and statisticians

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (25) ◽  
pp. 1164
Author(s):  
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ◽  
Luciano Andrade ◽  
Adelia Portero Batilana ◽  
Elias Andrade Carvalho ◽  
Aline Chotte Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Trading Zones ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Emerging Themes

Objective: The objective of this study was to perform a qualitative study to identify commonalities and differences in reasoning processes between these groups.Methods: A phenomenological qualitative study based on transcriptions of physicians and statisticians conceptualizing clinical cases and clinical research questions. Interviews were carried out with nine statisticians and sixteen physicians contacted virtually. The main outcome measures were emerging themes that were common to both expert groups.Results: Both groups used conceptual models -although different models- during their reasoning processes, but their concepts were not common between the groups complicating the exchange of information. Both groups were unaware that their specialty language was frequently inaccessible to non-specialists or specialists from other fields, which leads to communication difficulties. These difficulties were broadly classified into translational problems of field-specific terms and concepts. Field-specific terms would sometimes lead to misinterpretations while the translation of field-specific concepts often leads to content loss.Conclusions: The use of field-specific terms and concepts can lead to confusion and misinterpretation. Teams would benefit from taxonomies containing terms that can be understood by specialists from both disciplines

A Mixed Methods Approach to Define Tactile Requirements for a Part-Task Trainer

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 2018-2022
Author(s):  
Ian T. Dykens ◽  
Stephen L. Dorton ◽  
Margaret Bailey ◽  
Teresita Sotomayor
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Training System ◽  
Subject Matter Experts ◽  
Provider Training ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Lateral Canthotomy ◽  
Retrobulbar Hemorrhage

In response to the incidence of oculofacial traumas that were observed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military medical care provider training programs have placed an increased focus on the treatment of ocular traumas. As such, the Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis (LCC) Training System was developed to simulate the anatomy of the human eye and to mimic the symptoms of an eye that is afflicted with a retrobulbar hemorrhage. We report a mixed-methods psychophysics study that was conducted during the development of the LCC Training System to determine the appropriate retrobulbar pressure to be simulated by the trainer to provide anatomically accurate sensations of pressure. More than 200 eye inserts with either pre-or post-LCC pressures were evaluated by oculofacial trauma subject matter experts. The captured evaluations enabled the research team to identify and specify the pressure requirements that would be used by manufacturers to produce an anatomically and tactically-accurate trainer.

Exploring Social Identity Among People with Disabilities: A Mixed-Methods Approach

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adena T. Rottenstein ◽  
Ryan J. Dougherty ◽  
Alexis Strouse ◽  
Lily Hashemi ◽  
Hilary Baruch
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

Planning and Conducting a Large-Scale Mixed Methods Research Study: Research Team Experiences and Recommendations

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-295
Author(s):  
Katrin Niglas ◽  
◽  
Meril Ümarik ◽  
Maarja Tinn ◽  
Ivor Goodson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Study Research

Constructing Pathways to Responsible Manhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-91
Author(s):  
Mellie Torres ◽  
Alejandro E. Carrión ◽  
Roberto Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Latino Men ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Latino Boys ◽  
The Media ◽  
Stark Contrast

Recent studies have focused on challenging deficit narratives and discourses perpetuating the criminalization of Latino men and boys. But even with this emerging literature, mainstream counter-narratives of young Latino boys and their attitudes towards manhood and masculinity stand in stark contrast to the dangerous and animalistic portrayals of Latino boys and men in the media and society. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw on the notion of counter-storytelling to explore how Latino boys try to reframe masculinity, manhood, and what they label as ‘responsible manhood.’ Counter-storytelling and narratives provide a platform from which to challenge the discourse, narratives, and imaginaries guiding the conceptualization of machismo. In their counter-narratives, Latino boys critiqued how they are raced, gendered, and Othered in derogatory ways.

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