scholarly journals Moving Beyond Citation Analysis: How Surveys and Interviews Enhance, Enrich, and Expand Your Research Findings

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 456-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susann DeVries ◽  
Robert Kelly ◽  
Paula M. Storm
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Research Findings

A traditional mixed methods research model of citation analysis, a survey, and interviews was selected to determine if the Bruce T. Halle Library at Eastern Michigan University owned the content that faculty cited in their research, if the collection was being utilized, and what library services the faculty used. The combination of objective data gleaned from the citation analysis and survey coupled with the personal, in-depth information gained from the interviews was instrumental in increasing the value of the study for its use in collection management decisions, and showed how effectual the services and collection are in supporting the research needs of the faculty at EMU.

Dialectical Pluralism

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Burke Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Face ◽  
Systematic Framework

There has been much debate about the role of paradigms in mixed methods research. In the face of past calls for each researcher to operate within a single paradigm, it turns out that some researchers/practitioners find many positive features in more than one paradigm. This “multiparadigmatic perspective” used in mixed methods research needs a systematic framework for the practice of engaging in difference. Also, individuals committed to a single paradigm need a philosophical/theoretical framework for working in multiparadigmatic teams. This article provides such a framework. It is a metaparadigm, and it is labeled dialectical pluralism 2.0 or more simply dialectical pluralism. The word “pluralism” refers to the acceptance and expectancy of difference in virtually every realm of inquiry, including reality, and the age-old word “dialectical” refers to the operative process which is both dialectical and dialogical. Dialectical pluralism provides a way for researchers, practitioners, clients, policy makers, and other stakeholders to work together and produce new workable “wholes” while, concurrently, thriving on differences and intellectual tensions.

Identifying Potential Challenges to Providing Emergency Advocacy Services to Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

Partner Abuse ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Ron Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Full Study ◽  
Qualitative Component

Acknowledging that intimate partner violence (IPV) is not exclusively limited to female victims is an important step toward addressing the needs of male victims. Just as important is the need to identify potential challenges which agencies offering emergency advocacy services must overcome to successfully provide assistance to men. The study used a mixed methods research model to identify and evaluate challenges faced by agencies related to providing emergency advocacy services to male victims. This article discusses the qualitative component of that study in which potential challenges were identified through interviews with IPV experts nationwide. The findings of the qualitative component of the full study were then used to create a survey for the quantitative phase, which was later administered to agencies in California that provide emergency advocacy services.

scholarly journals Applied Research Paradigms

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-202
Author(s):  
Jason García Portilla
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Complex Thinking ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Data Treatment ◽  
Personal Paradigm

AbstractThis chapter discusses the research paradigms underpinning this study––i.e. dialectical pluralism (DP) (mixed methods research) and a complex thinking perspective. The chapter also explains the researcher’s scientific and personal paradigm biases and details some strategies utilised for objective data treatment.

Review of doctoral research in language assessment in Canada (2006–2011)

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liying Cheng ◽  
Janna Fox
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

This paper reviews a selected sample of 24 doctoral dissertations in language assessment (broadly defined), completed between 2006 and 2011 in Canadian universities. These dissertations fall into five thematic categories: 1) reliability, validity and factors affecting test performance; 2) washback (impact) and ethics; 3) raters, rating and rating scales; 4) classroom-based research: teaching, learning and assessment; and 5) vocabulary learning, lexical proficiency and lexical richness. The themes were categorized according to the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) bibliographical categorization index. We identify trends such as the methodological strength of complex mixed methods research design, which enhances the validity of the research findings: 16 (67%) took a pragmatic (rather than paradigmatic) approach in their use of mixed methods, with four (17%) opting for multi-method quantitative approaches and four (17%) for qualitative. We also discuss the depth and breadth of these dissertations and situate their scholarly contributions within Canadian and international research on language assessment.

Mixed Method Research

2016 ◽  
pp. 39-64
Author(s):  
Aroop Mukherjee ◽  
Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

Mixed methods have emerged as the third research community in the social and behavioural sciences during the past decades, joining quantitative and qualitative methods of scholarly inquiry. Mixed methods research, research paradigm, methodology, and action research have encouraged the combined use of quantitative and qualitative research to answer complex questions in recent years. Mixed methods research integrates both methods, the quantitative and the qualitative, to present research findings within a single system process. The chapter aims to provide an insight between mixed method research and action research, which includes the basic foundation of mixed method research and research paradigm. The chapter will discuss the concept of action research and how mixed method is applied to action research and its processes. A brief idea about the future plan of action required for mixed methods research to attain better research designs and processes is also discussed in the chapter.

Let’s meet offline

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 946-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron M. French
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore new trends in social networking such as social tourism and determine motivations resulting in visiting others when traveling. A research model is created based on mixed-methods research approach to identify motivations that influence use and factors that result in the willingness to meet others through the social networking tourism (SNT) site. Design/methodology/approach The current research implements a mixed-methods approach using qualitative data from a questionnaire to identify motivations that were implemented in a theoretical model tested empirically using survey data. The qualitative study consisted of 11 social tourism users followed by a quantitative study using a survey that was administered to 793 social tourism users. Findings The results of the qualitative study identified networking, curiosity, understanding, and economic benefits as motivations for using social tourism sites. Based on validity and reliability testing, the final research model included only the motivations for networking and economic benefits. The survey results showed that trust, attitude, and use were significant antecedents to the dependent variable willingness to meet with networking and economic benefits as antecedents to attitude and use. Research limitations/implications This is an exploratory study so there are several limitations. First, while two motivations were ultimately identified, it is possible that other motivations should be explored. Trust is also a limitation in the current research that identifies trust as an antecedent to the willingness construct without researching factors that influence trust. Further research should be conducted to expand on the current research. Originality/value While there has been significant research conducted in the area of social networking, niche areas and special purpose social networks remain unexplored. The current research explores the niche area of SNT to develop a model identifying motivations for use and also creates a new construct identified as behavioral willingness to perform an action when risk is involved. Willingness to meet others through the site and its antecedents were evaluated in the current research.

scholarly journals Developing the Program to Strengthen Working Achievement Motivation Competencies of Welfare School’s Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Suraphan Weerason ◽  
Kowat Tesaputa ◽  
Anong Phuetsing
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Evaluation Form ◽  
Content Model ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Priority Needs

This research aimed: 1) to investigate the components and indicators of working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers; 2) to examine the needs to develop working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers; and 3) to develop the program to strengthen working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers. The mixed methods research was employed by divided into three phases. Phase one, investigated the components and indicators of the working achievement motivation competencies. Components and indicators were verified by 7 experts. Phase two, examined the needs to develop working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers. The respondents were 340 welfare school’s teachers. Phase three, to develop the program to strengthen working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers and verified the program by 9 experts. The research instruments were the components and indicators evaluation form, the existing and desirable situations questionnaire of working achievement motivation competencies, and the program evaluation form. Statistics used in analyzing data were mean, standard deviation and priority needs index modification. The research findings were: 1) The components and indicators of working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers were categorized into 6 components and 32 indicators; 2) The needs to develop working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers were ranked from high to low: creativity, performance commitment, performance evaluation, flexibility, the quest for information, and development of operational competence; and 3) The program to strengthen working achievement motivation competencies of welfare school’s teachers consisted of rationale, objectives, content, model and methods, 6 modules of program structure, and application and evaluation.

Intersection of Mixed Methods and Community-Based Participatory Research: A Methodological Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa DeJonckheere ◽  
Robin Lindquist-Grantz ◽  
Sinem Toraman ◽  
Kristen Haddad ◽  
Lisa M. Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Methodological Review ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Advanced Applications

Although mixed methods research (MMR) and community-based participatory research (CBPR) have been employed to investigate complex research questions to improve the reach, rigor, and relevance of research, little is understood about the intersection of the approaches. We conducted a methodological review of studies ( n = 129) using both MMR and CBPR, an advanced application we refer to as mixed methods community-based participatory research (MMCBPR). We systematically examined published MMCBPR studies to identify the methodological features and use in current research. Findings demonstrate that the components of MMR were not adequately described although some detail was provided about the use of CBPR. This study contributes to the evolution of advanced applications, and we offer recommendations for future applications of MMCBPR.

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