Abstract
Application of Mixed-methods Research in Clinical Practice
Highlights
Mixed-methods research adds another dimension to research design, enabling our questions to be more holistic
The quantitative question could be: ‘What is the infant’s health status?’ The study could be conceived as quantitatively- driven (QUAN3) and have a simultaneous component comprised of qualitative interviews addressing the question: Is the infant described as content? In this case contentedness would be defined as the mother’s description of the infant’s sleep patterns, episodes of hard crying, and indicators of hunger
Many nursing research questions are amenable to mixed designs
Summary
Mixed-methods research adds another dimension to research design, enabling our questions to be more holistic. Mixed-methods studies generally have one overarching aim that encompasses both methods used in the study, with a separate research question addressing each “component”[2] of the Janice.Morse@nurs.utah.edu 2 Mixed-methods studies usually are conducted with a separate component for each question and method.
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