Hi all! Need advice on research design. I did mixed methods study (2 research methods). Both methods with a relatively small sample. But I want to note in the discussion that the conclusion about the confirmation of the hypothesis tentative (that this is an assumption, a pilot study) and submit it to the Q2 journal. Do you think it makes sense? Or in the current situation, it is better not to dream and send it to my University’s internal journal?
In my research, I am making an extension to an existing TAM (predicts whether users will accept technology). Testing my extended model did via:
1. Expert interviews (16 experts)
2. Observation - observation of system operation in production and interaction with users in one organization (6 months)
Thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Askar
The main issue with high quality journals is to maintain reliability and validity of the findings. For the qualitative part with interviewing 16 experts, if you reached "data saturation level" then it should be OK! however for the quantitative data, If it's a pilot study (small sample size) i believe it will not be accepted in scopus and web of science journals! Also, even if you have acceptable sample size and you are using only "Descriptive analysis" it will not be accepted, as you need to reach the "inferential analysis level".
Best of luck!
Askar - I'm wondering if your study is mixed methods or multi-methods? Your first phase is qualitative interviews. You state 'experts' are used - so might it be a Delphi technique that you are using? Your second phase is observation. Is this a structured, quantitative observation? Observation (fieldwork) is more commonly qualitative and, if so, would make your study multi-methods.
Dear Dean Whitehead I have a prototype computer vision system. With this prototype, I've talked to 16 experts about whether they will use this system. In the second phase, I've installed the system at one of the expert's entity's premises for 6 months. Afterward, I've downloaded system logs for 6 months and analyzed them. Am I correct with calling these methods mixed methods of qualitative interview and fieldwork? Regards, Askar
I think there may be some confusion here around the term fieldwork, which in qualitative methods is often associated with participant observation or anthropological methods. So, the key question is whether the analysis of the "system logs" was quantitative data.
If so, then the next issue from a mixed methods point of view is how you integrated the two sets of results.
Overall, if you have a well-integrated set of qualitative and quantitative results, then I would indeed recommend seeking out a Q2 journal.
Thanks for clarifying David. Askar - I assume that the system logs are numerical. Just wondering how 'logs' can be quantified i.e. how many times they occured - and, as David suggests, how the two data sets (qula and quant) relate to each other?
Hi! David L Morgan Dean Whitehead thank you for drilling down to this. Here's a sample system logs:
(1, 173.52, 261.04, 9.04, 0.41, '2020-06-05 10:48:05.983196', 1, 'Snapphoto'),
(2, 116.28, 224.61, 15.34, 0.4, '2020-06-05 11:36:58.515950', 1, 'Snapphoto'),
They contain data about dimensions of the cargo calculated by computer vision system:
(ID, length, width, height, volume, transaction timestamp, checksum, photo).
Thus, I use transaction timestamp for data analysis. There are around 7000 valid transactions in the system log.
Askar,
I am still unclear about how the quantitative data will be used. Is there a hypothesis or a statistical analysis?
Hi! David L Morgan I will formulate a hypothesis based on expert interview results and literature review. Inductive approach. After that, quantitative experiment will be used to test/validate the hypothesis. Deductive approach. Is it ok to combine methods in a such manner?
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