Plano Clark

Respondents provided their respective personal experiences and perceptions. Their stories are aggregated using a groimded theory approach (Creswell and Plano-Clark 2007) in order to uncover emergent patterns across respondents. Using inductive... 

Creswell, J. W., Plano Clark, V. L. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks Sage. 

A mixed methods approach with a sequential explanatory design was chosen for the study. This design is considered appropriate for a study of this kind, one where initial analysis of quantitative data is followed by qualitative data collection and analysis to explain the findings from the quantitative phase (Creswell Plano Clark, 2011, chapter 3), The first objective was addressed through a survey of 177 engineers and findings from the survey were then studied in more depth by carrying out interviews of... 

An exploratory sequential design informed the research methodology, where the first method (qualitative) informed the second method (quantitative) (Greene 2007). This method is well suited for exploring a phenomenon (Plano Clark and Creswell 2008) and is useful when the researchers need to develop an instrument because one is not available (Creswell 2009). 

Plano Clark, V. and Creswell, J. 2008. The mixed methods reader. Thousand Oaks, California Sage Publications. 

Btlldt G, Gaily HU, Seelig J (1979) Neutron diffraction studies on phosphatidylcholine model membranes 1. Head group conformation. J Mol Biol 134(4) 673-691 Smith GS, Sirota EB, Safinya CR, Plano RJ, Clark NA (1990) X-ray structural studies of freely suspended ordered hydrated DMPC multimembrane films. J Chem Phys 92(7) 4519-4530. doi 10.1063/1.457764... 

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