The advantages and disadvantages of mixing methods: An analysis of combining traditional and autoethnographic approaches

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1381-1391

  O'Byrne, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Ethnography; Mixed methods; Paradigm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THEORY; EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; POSTMODERNISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 36249009501     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307308304     Document Type: Article

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