The empirical investigation was carried out by applying a multi-method approach (combination of case study and survey methods), called triangulation, which provided a relatively potent means of assessing the degree of convergence, as well as identifying divergences, between the results obtained (Islam [2008]; Brewer and Hunter [2006]; Jick [1979]).
We carried out an empirical investigation with a multi-method research approach (a combination of a questionnaire-based mail survey involving 212 SMEs and five in-depth case studies) in New Zealand.
Several authors (e.g., Cohen, Manion, & Morrison, 2011; Creswell, 2008; Greene, 2008) suggest the power of a mixed methods approach (i.e., the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods) in answering research questions and in strengthening the inferences in both processes and outcomes of data analysis.
The combination of different research methods in a mixed methods approach proved to be very helpful.
Thus, it is preferable to utilize a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods or a 'mixed methods' approach [ 59, 60].
We chose a mixed methods approach as we were studying a complex biosocial phenomenon and felt that a combination of a variety of methods would enhance our understanding.
Scenario methods' holistic approach and their combination of analytical knowledge and creative thinking could bring a wide range of possible futures together to form manageable outlooks that inform Western decision-making on the Middle East.
By using free weighting matrices, free-connection weighting matrix method and convex combination approach, sufficient conditions for the existence of L2−L∞ filters are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be solved by using Matlab LMI control toolbox.
We have proposed the network method and a combination approach that uses multiple types of methods to address some of these challenges.
The aim of this study was to compare wet mount-, Giemsa stain-, acridine orange fluorescent stain-, cultivation- and polymerase chain reaction (PCR -based aPCR -basedto estapproachesch metood or combination of mestablishs most effective in the laboratory diagnosis of trichomoniasis.
method's combination of epistemically challenging approaches applied in an authentic context may underlie the changes we saw in students' epistemological beliefs.
