- Title
- Mixed methods research: a design for emergency care research?
- Creator
- Cooper, Simon J.; Porter, Joanne; Endacott, Ruth
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/73628
- Identifier
- vital:7083
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.096321
- Identifier
- ISSN:1472-205
- Abstract
- This paper follows previous publications on generic qualitative approaches, qualitative designs and action research in emergency care by this group of authors. Contemporary views on mixed methods approaches are considered, with a particular focus on the design choice and the amalgamation of qualitative and quantitative data emphasising the timing of data collection for each approach, their relative ‘weight’ and how they will be mixed. Mixed methods studies in emergency care are reviewed before the variety of methodological approaches and best practice considerations are presented. The use of mixed methods in clinical studies is increasing, aiming to answer questions such as ‘how many’ and ‘why’ in the same study, and as such are an important and useful approach to many key questions in emergency care.
- Publisher
- BMJ Group
- Relation
- Emergency Medicine Journal Vol. 28, no. (2010), p. 682-685
- Rights
- Copyright BMJ
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1110 Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services
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