An Applied Guide to Research Designs: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

Edmonds, William A.; Kennedy, Thomas D.

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“…However, a common terminology across all disciplines could help encourage cross-disciplinary research, which has helped move research forward in the past (e.g., Century et al, 2012). Other related and unrelated fields have also found having a common terminology important in order to facilitate high-quality research (e.g., General Psychology: Edmonds & Kennedy, 2016;Software Measurement: Garcia et al, 2006;Species Diversity: Jurasinski et al, 2009;Animal Behavior: Kalueff et al, 2013). It is possible that having a common terminology or language across all disciplines that study play can help move the field forward to understanding this complex behavior.…”

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Creating a common terminology for play behavior to increase cross-disciplinary research

Miller

2017

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Historically, play behavior has been difficult to define. This likely stems from the number of different species, types of play, and context under which it occurs. In 2016, the Chicago Zoological Society - Brookfield Zoo hosted the Psychonomic Society leading edge workshop on the evolutionary and psychological significance of play. Sixteen experts attended from the diverse fields of African ethnology, animal behavior, animal science, animal welfare, cognitive psychology, cognitive zoology, comparative psychology, cultural anthropology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, ethology, neuroscience, primatology, and zoology. Approximately half of the participants studied human play and the other half studied non-human play. Before the workshop, participants were asked to send in either their personal definition of play or the one that they cite in peer-reviewed literature. Definitions were then reviewed to determine characteristics of play inclusive of all disciplines. The goal of the current study was not to do a literature review on play behavior, but to come up with a list of characteristics across all forms of play that could be used as a common terminology moving forward. Hopefully the results of this workshop and the current article will help to increase cross-disciplinary research in the field of play.

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Creating a common terminology for play behavior to increase cross-disciplinary research

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2017

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“…Qualitative research is frequently perceived as less rigorous than quantitative methods (Buckler, 2008;Cawthorne, 2001), but in reality, both methods are rigorous; they are just employed to answer different research questions (Choy, 2014;Kraska, 2008). Their complimentary aspects are further demonstrated in the value of using mixed methods (Edmonds & Kennedy, 2017;Gall et al, 2007). Therefore, it would be a rather incorrect perception to demonstrate bias toward either method.…”

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There is a Bias in Aviation Against Research That is Perceived to be “Easy”

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O'Toole³

2019

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“…The researchers' primary purpose was to explore individual women's subjective perceptions of their own experiences as they relate to the world of domestic work as social phenomena. The shared multiple lived realities experienced by the participants within their specific social existence remained central as we endeavoured to uncover and interpret the complexities of the meaning-making associated with the human experience (Edmonds & Kennedy, 2013;Fox & Bayat, 2013).…”

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Future Directiveness within the South African Domestic Workers’ Work-Life Cycle: Considering Exit Strategies

Marais

Wyk

2015

Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology

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The pervasiveness of domestic employment in the South African context gives rise to the question as to why women not only enter into, but remain in, such an undervalued work situation, and whether they are ultimately able to exit this sector. Contextualising the sectoral engagement of domestic workers as a transitional work-life cycle characterised by impoverishment, limited alternatives, acceptance of the work context, and future directedness, with individual transition through these phases determined by a unique set of circumstances, female domestic workers' lived experience of their work-life cycle was explored within the framework of an interpretivist research design. Non-probability respondent-driven self-sampling was employed to select 20 participants, most of whom were representative of families with a long history of sectoral involvement, particularly along the female line. Dense, non-numerical data was generated through in-depth interviewing. Inductive data explication was conducted with the aid of MAXQDA. The findings confirmed the existence of an institutionalised culture of engagement within the sector perpetuated from one generation to the next. Hardship and an urgent need for survival leave many with little option but to enter and remain within the sector. Despite negative societal perceptions of the sector, those within it take pride in their work and view their engagement as an enabling tool to better their future prospects and those of their families. Attempts to exit the sector are unsuccessful due, in part, to a limited formal education and skills repertoire. Domestic workers are thus entrapped within a never-ending cycle of sectoral engagement, with the possibility of exiting the sector remaining merely a dream for many. Sectoral ContextThe desperate plight of domestic workers is a global phenomenon. The call for transformative actions that could culminate in improved employment conditions for this sector of the world's labour force is well documented (

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An Applied Guide to Research Designs: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

Cited by 392 publications

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Creating a common terminology for play behavior to increase cross-disciplinary research

Creating a common terminology for play behavior to increase cross-disciplinary research

There is a Bias in Aviation Against Research That is Perceived to be “Easy”

Future Directiveness within the South African Domestic Workers’ Work-Life Cycle: Considering Exit Strategies

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