Distributor selection plays an important role in the supply chain management, particularly in the current competitive environment. The recent researches are mainly focused on the conceptual, descriptive and simulation. However, analyzing qualitative information is difficult by standard statistical analysis, which means that a proper quantitative method is desired for distributor selection in fu...

This research investigated preservation practices of personal digital information by public library users. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews and two visual representation techniques, information source horizons and matrices, for data collection. The constant comparison method and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. A model emerged which describes the effect...

Background and objectives: A lack of public health professional awareness about familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) leads to an estimated 90,000 Australians remaining undiagnosed. The aim this study was establish the level knowledge FH in Australian general practices. Method: qualitative descriptive methodology used explore baseline perceptions practice staff diagnosing managing FH. Overall, 63...

OBJECTIVE To investigate practical teaching of nurse residents in a multidisciplinary residency in oncology. METHOD A qualitative descriptive study grounded in the problematization methodology and its steps, represented by the Maguerez Arch. Data were analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS Potentiating and limiting elements of the residency guided the design of a practical teaching protoc...

OBJECTIVES To describe how qualitative methods can be used in the development of descriptive systems of preference-based measures (PBMs) of health-related quality of life. METHODS The requirements of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and other agencies together with the increasing use of patient-reported outcome measures has led to an increase in the demand for PBMs. R...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of welfare at workplace using Wellness-Performance Model in the context of Malaysian teachers ‘perspective. This study was carried out by using a combination of qualitative and quantitative method in two different phases. In the first phase, the focus group discussions were conducted while the questionnaire used in a second phase t...

With recent calls for expanding the scope and rigor of engineering education research, use of qualitative methods to answer research questions that can not be answered through quantitative methods is taking on increasing significance. Well-designed qualitative studies often build on epistemological consistency across theoretical perspectives, research questions, and research methods. We examine...