Reporting Mixed Methods Projects

Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-158

  O'Cathain, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audiences of health care professionals, policy makers and consumers; Challenges of reporting mixed methods research; CONSORT or QUOROM style statement reporting of mixed methods studies; Credibility of study and data and analysis display; Critiquing mixed methods reports; Order of presentation of qualitative and quantitative components; Quantitative and qualitative research styles, language and voice; Readers 'qualitative and quantitative readers'; Reporting different study designs; Reporting mixed methods projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449127405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444316490.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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