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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2018
This quantitatively driven sequential mixed methods study articulates the role of theory in mixed methods research and assesses the contribution of a mixed methods design to examining gender differences in men and women's genetic testing decisions and the psychosocial factors impacting health-seeking behaviors post-testing. A quantitative online…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Cancer, Mixed Methods Research, Gender Differences
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene – New Directions for Evaluation, 2013
Some evaluators employ randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the gold standard of evidence-based practice (EBP). Critics of RCT designs argue that RCTs do not include the complexity of program participants' experiences or clinical expertise, and couple this with criticisms that it is difficult to transfer RCT findings from the laboratory to…
Descriptors: Credibility, Social Justice, Evidence, Theory Practice Relationship