Dear Eman Ibrahim,

Assalamualaikum.

Whatever it may be in the Research Methodology that there is an option for using mixed methods research approach or analysis that could be employed by the development researchers and practitioners to ascertain the validity, reliability and the credibility of the research finally.

Here, you are comparing the news readers through online and other is offline or what we call physical access the documents in the library etc.

Mostly the researchers are using both Quantitative and Qualitative methods of data collection for comparing, analysing the final results to know which one is better among the respondents that will be generalized in the whole community.

It is more important to know that the mixed methods research is more popular in the social sciences research because the Quantitative data will be processed and manipulated in the softwares according to the desired results of the researchers.

Most westerners and developmental practitioners have believed that the Qualitative research data from the native people who are elderly or highly experienced in the issue of the particular activity in the community.

What is more interesting issue here is that the Qualitative data can be triangulated with the Quantitative data in order to arrive the validity and reliability of the research because the elderly people or stakeholders will never lie their opinion because they never bother about any advantage of the issue. The plain answers will help to cross check the Quantitative data and it's originality.

Comparing the both results to help the Researchers have to come out with trust worthy answer to make it confirm the original value of the research or events.

Here, in thus research online users who are using their android cell phone, tab, disc, laptop, computer etc for reading the news or the required information but the news readers who are accessing the physical documents such as news papers, phamplets, bit notice etc have stronger opinion than online users.

Online readers can access more documents in the online rather the offline users can access the documents which are available to them only.

The information access varies matter in the comparison of the results.

Mostly mixed method research approach is applicable here to compare the results ultimately.

Regards

Senapathy

Ethiopia

wa Alukom Assalam,

Thank you very much for your answer it is really helpful, Do you think the explanatory sequential mixed method could be employed in my research?

My goal in the comparative analysis of the design of the front page for two types of online newspapers is for more understanding of the design of those two to build the usability test which will apply in the second phase,, which means the phase one is an important for building phase two tools .

Thank you Eman Ibrahim for your instant reply with relevant meaning of the comparing the research and your focus on the front page for the two types of online newspapers 📰🗞️ for understanding the usability test in the 2nd phase and the 1st phase is more helpful for building phase if two different tools

Wishing you to have good time with your research to be successful. Insa Allah.