What is the best research approach for investigating the actual representation of male labor-delivery nurses within healthcare institutions and the workplace beliefs and prejudices that perpetuate their disproportionate representation?
a. Mixed methods approach
b. Quantitative approach
c. Qualitative approach
d. Outcomes approach
ANS: A
Mixed methods research is characterized as research that contains elements of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The philosophical underpinnings of mixed methods research and what paradigms best fit these research methods are still evolving. Over the last few years, many researchers have departed from the idea that one paradigm or one research strategy is right and have taken the perspective that the search for the truth requires the use of all available strategies. A single approach to measuring a concept may be inadequate to justify a claim that it is a valid measure of a theoretical concept. Testing a single theory may leave the results open to the challenge of rival hypotheses from other theories. To capitalize on the representativeness and generalizability of quantitative research and the in-depth, contextual nature of qualitative research, mixed methods are combined in a single research study.
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