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Demystifying mixed methods research: Participation in a reading group ‘sign posts’ the way MELANIE D GREENWOOD AND KATHRYN J TERRY School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia Abstract Designing and implementing a mixed methods research project is a challenging undertaking. This paper addresses the issues faced by a group of doctoral…
Improving educational and professional standards of public relations professionalism: Towards a mixed methods research approach ZULHAMRI ABDULLAH Department of Communication, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Abstract Public relations and communication management has been recently recognised as a business management discipline. However, scientific research in a particular discipline needs to be extended theoretically and…
Triangulation in Canadian doctoral dissertations on aging ANNA AZULAI University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada JAMES A RANKIN University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Abstract Triangulation has been increasingly used in gerontological research. It is unknown, however, whether this approach has been implemented by emergent scholars in the fi…
Introducing refractive phenomenology LINDY-ANNE ABAWI University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia Abstract All researchers are presented with the need to choose or design a research methodology suited to the research topic or problem to be investigated. Methodology provides the philosophical groundwork that underpins investigative frameworks and choice of methodology is therefore crucial as it…
Human factors affecting the use of video recording methodology in qualitative research SORREL PENN-EDWARDS Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Queensland, Australia Abstract The almost unlimited capacity of video to record visual images under wide ranging conditions has ensured that it has become an indispensable agent in research, particularly for qualitative investigation. Like other research tools its…
The value of concept mapping in developing professional growth in a geography methods course PAUL REITANO School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia NICOLE C GREEN Faculty of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia Abstract This paper reports on an exploratory case study of six preservice teachers who…
Assessing child sexual abuse allegations: An exploratory study on psychological reports MARIA CRISTINA VERROCCHIO, MICHELA CORTINI AND DANIELA MARCHETTI Department of Psychological, Human and Territorial Sciences, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti-Pescara, Italy Abstract This study examines several psychological reports to verify whether consultant psychologists use scientifically based procedures during clinical assessment of sexually abused…
BOOK review Making sense of research: An introduction for health and social care practitioners – 4th edn. P Moule and G Hek (2011) ISBN 978-1-84920-779-9; p/b; 180 pages; Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, CA