Mixed Methods Synthesis: A Worked Example

Synthesizing Qualitative Research: Choosing the Right Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-136

  Kavanagh, Josephine ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Harden, Angela ^c   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex social, public health interventions; Data synthesis, three stages; Effectiveness synthesis; EPPI Centre method, into synthesis matrix; Mixed methods approach; Mixed methods synthesis; Quantitative, qualitative research; Questions, on "what works and for whom"; Systematic reviews; Thematic synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876734228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119959847.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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