Employing quantitative and qualitative methods in one study
- 23 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mark Allen Group in British Journal of Nursing
- Vol. 2 (17) , 869-872
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.1993.2.17.869
Abstract
There is an apparent lack of epistemological rigour when quantitative and qualitative methods are combined in the same study, because they reflect opposing positivist and interpretive perspectives. When and how to use methodological pluralism is discussed in this article.Keywords
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