This study aims to investigate secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction levels with the convergent method, one of mixed research methods. The quantitative part was conducted 330 participating teachers, and ‘Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale’, developed by Weiss, Dawis, England Lofquist (1967) adapted Turkish Baycan (1985), used. In qualitative study, a semi-structured interview form used cons...

Biodesulfurization of coal has been carried out in batch culture of single strain and mixed culture of sulfur oxidizing bacteria. The pure cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Thiobacillus ferrooxidans utilized inorganic sulfur content of Malaysian coal. The chemolithotroph bacteria were able to grow on coal and metabolize the coal's sulfur content. The batch cultures of coal with 3-5 perce...

This study reports a mixed methods design investigation into language teachers’ conception of research. The study drew on various sources of data, including teachers’ responses to questionnaires items, qualitative comments in follow-up interviews, and contributions to e-mail inquiries. Results showed that the teachers’ understanding of research is mainly associated with a standard view of resea...

Background: Due to the central role of ethics in the overall success of professors and teachers in developing curricula and their direct relationship with students, the present study aims to investigate the factors influencing occupational ethics in faculty members at Farhangian University. Materials and Methods: This study uses a mixed method with a sequential explanatory design. The statisti...

Information systems (IS) scholars have proposed guidelines for interpretive, mixed methods, and design science research in IS. Because many of these also been suggested evaluating what good or rigorous is, they may be used as a checklist the review process. In this paper, we raise question: To extent do offer evidence that can to evaluate quality research. We argue use is if there compelling le...