Mixed methods research in library and information science: A methodological review

Granikov, Vera; Hong, Quan Nha; Crist, Emily; Pluye, Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2020.101003

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“…"Descriptive research" was the most used "research method," and "content analysis" was the most used "technique" Togia and Malliari (2017) 440 LIS journal articles between 2011 and 2016 A similar classification of 12 "research methods" similar to that in Chu (2015). "Survey" remained the dominant method Grankikov et al (2020) 386 LIS journal articles between 2015 and 2018 Showed an increase in the use of "mixed methods" in this field sophisticated methods and techniques instead of the commonly used survey or historical method of the past. Methods such as experiments and modeling were on the rise.…”

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“…However, in contrast to Chu, they showed that "survey" remained in the dominant position. Grankikov et al (2020) studied the use of "mixed methods" in LIS literature. Different from Fidel (2008), they concluded that the use of "mixed methods" in LIS has been on the rise.…”

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“…"Document analysis" refers to studies that analyze a collection of documents (e.g., government policy papers) or media items (e.g., audio or video data) to discover patterns and insights. "Mixed methods" is added, as studies such as Grankikov et al (2020) revealed an upward trend in the usage of this research method in LIS. Note that in this context, "mixed methods" refers to Fidel's (2008) definition, which refers to research that combines data collection in a particular sequence for some reason, rather than any research that happens to involve multiple forms of data.…”

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“…As a result of a wish to understand these patterns, a number of studies have been conducted to investigate the usage and evolution of research methods in LIS. Many of these (Bernhard, 1993;Blake, 1994;Chu, 2015;Järvelin & Vakkari, 1990) aim to develop a classification scheme of commonly used research methods in LIS, whereas some (Hider & Pymm, 2008;VanScoy & Fontana, 2016) focus on comparing the usage of certain methods (e.g., qualitative vs. quantitative), or recent trends in the usage of certain methods (Fidel, 2008;Grankikov, Hong et al, 2020). However, we identify several gaps in the literature on research methods in LIS.…”

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Previous studies of research methods in LIS lack consensus in how to define or classify research methods, and there have been no studies on automated recognition of research methods in the scientific literature of this field. This work begins to fill these gaps by studying how the scope of ‘research methods’ in LIS has evolved, and the challenges in automatically identifying the usage of research methods in LIS literature. 2,599 research articles are collected from three LIS journals. Using a combination of content analysis and text mining methods, a sample of this collection is coded into 29 different concepts of research methods and is then used to test a rule-based automated method for identifying research methods reported in scientific literature. We show that the LIS field is characterised by the use of an increasingly diverse range of methods, many of which originate outside the conventional boundaries of LIS. This implies increasing complexity in research methodology and suggests the need for a new approach towards classifying LIS research methods to capture the complex structure and relationships between different aspects of methods. Our automated method is the first of its kind in LIS, and sets an important reference for future research.

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“…In order to be included in the review, articles needed to report an empirical study involving the collection of quantitative and qualitative data and the use of quantitative and qualitative analyses. They also had to meet the following criteria: provide evidence of integration of the qualitative and quantitative components; include a description of where and how the integration was carried out; refer to an attempt at integrating methods or else use words associated with integration [12]. The authors excluded articles reporting systematic reviews and non-empirical articles, including protocols, theoretical and methodological papers, editorials, commentaries, letters to the Editor, and book reviews.…”

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A Methodological Review of Mixed Methods Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (2014–2019)

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Mixed methods research has been increasingly recognized as a useful approach for describing and explaining complex issues in palliative care and end-of-life research. However, little is known about the use of this methodology in the field and the ways in which mixed methods studies have been reported. The purpose of this methodological review was to examine the characteristics, methodological features and reporting quality of mixed methods articles published in palliative care research. The authors screened all articles published in eight journals specialized in palliative care between January 2014 and April 2019. Those that reported a mixed methods study (n = 159) were included. The Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study (GRAMMS) criteria were used to assess reporting quality. Findings showed that 57.9% of the identified studies used a convergent design and 82.4% mentioned complementarity as their main purpose for using a mixed methods approach. The reporting quality of the articles generally showed a need for improvement as authors usually did not describe the type of mixed methods design used and provided little detail on the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods. Based on the findings, recommendations are made to improve the quality of reporting of mixed methods articles in palliative care.

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Research methods and the use of visual representation in library and information science research

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Organisciak

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Asso for Info Science & Tech

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The increasing variety of research strategies and data collection techniques in information science, the access to large secondary data sets, and the ubiquity of information visualization call for expanding the classification of research methods and exploring how research is communicated visually. This study examined the relationship between types of data used in empirical research, visualizations, and research methods applied in information science studies. It analyzed 751 research articles published in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) using content analysis and machine learning techniques. The study finds that most empirical studies adopted a quantitative design with data mining, bibliometrics, experiments, and surveys as dominant strategies. The substantial use of secondary data points to the shift in how data are collected in empirical research. The JASIST articles used a variety of visualizations to present research designs and findings, with quantitative and mixed methods studies employing primarily tables and charts and qualitative studies relying more on tables and diagrams. This study uniquely explores the relationship between research methods and visualization. It contributes to the classification of the methods in information science by expanding the range of strategies within the quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs.

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Mixed methods research in library and information science: A methodological review

Cited by 48 publications

References 33 publications

Towards automated analysis of research methods in library and information science

Towards automated analysis of research methods in library and information science

A Methodological Review of Mixed Methods Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (2014–2019)

Research methods and the use of visual representation in library and information science research

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