Broadening Horizons: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Integrating Agent-Based Models with Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

This paper will describe a mixed methodology that combines Agent-Based models of human behaviour with quantitative and qualitative research methods. A decision matrix for selection of a research method for education studies will be presented. The methodology of social and behavioural research has undergone dramatic changes over the last 50 years. For most of the 20th century, social and behavio...

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Cross-cultural Research

The affects associated with culture, the values inherent in cultures and the identification of cultural assumptions are popular topics in recent management and Information Systems (IS) research. The main focus in relevant IS research over the years, has been on the comparison of cultural artifacts in different cultural settings. Despite these studies we need to ask whether there is a general ap...

Broadening your horizons

Travel is an integral part of a career as a life scientist — in fact, you can’t become a scientist without travelling. In the early stages it’s quite natural to have serious doubts about whether you’re on the right career path. Traveling lets you forget these worries and puts things in perspective. You will then begin to see whether you are just worrying unecessarily or whether you are really f...

ASCO 2011: broadening the horizons of cancer research.

Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Research on Divorce Factors

Background: Divorce has always been one of the five main issues in the country and one of the criteria for community health. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate quantitative and qualitative researches on the factors affecting divorce through systematic review. Method: The research community includes all the quantitative and qualitative articles published (2006-2016) regarding...