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dc.contributor.authorPovee, Kate
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Lynne
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:12:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:12:33Z
dc.date.created2014-11-24T20:00:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationPovee, K. and Roberts, L. 2014. Attitudes toward mixed methods research in psychology: the best of both worlds? International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 18 (1): pp. 41-57.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9423
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13645579.2013.872399
dc.description.abstract

In psychology, there has been a growing interest in mixed methods approaches, however, only a minority of published research explicitly use this methodology. This study aimed to explore the full range of attitudes toward mixed methods research in psychology held by students and academics, using the model of attitudes by Eagly and Chaiken as a framework. Fourteen psychology students and seven academics (48% male and 52% female with ages ranging from 19- to 64-years old) were interviewed about their attitudes toward mixed methods research. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that while participants were generally open to the methodology, misunderstandings were common, most felt they lacked the skills and experience necessary to conduct this research and many were sceptical of mixed methods researchers’ motivations and practices. Identifying attitudes toward mixed methods research has the potential to dispel myths, promote attitudinal change, and increase both the use and teaching of this approach in psychology.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleAttitudes toward mixed methods research in psychology: the best of both worlds?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage41
dcterms.source.endPage57
dcterms.source.issn1364-5579
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Social Research Methodology
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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (2014), copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/">http://www.tandfonline.com/</a> 10.1080/13645579.2013.872399

curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.contributor.orcidRoberts, Lynne [0000-0003-0085-9213]


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