Quality Reporting of Mixed Methods Research in Tourism-Related Studies

Q2 Social Sciences

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI:10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.193

Chantelle Gray van Heerden

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to gain scientific insight into internationally-accepted criteria for quality reporting of mixed methods research (MMR). Articles published post-2012 in a particular journal, which referred to “mixed methods” and “tourism”, and reported that qualitative and quantitative data were collected, were drawn from Google Scholar and Scopus. The reporting quality of these studies was analysed according to the GRAMMS framework (Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study). Most of the articles in the data set did not report on all the elements embedded in GRAMMS. It must not be seen as a reflection of the quality of the MMR design itself, nor is the study flawed. It indicates gaps in the reporting of important MMR elements that could be addressed in future research. Exemplars were identified that could serve as case studies for researchers in terms of the quality of reporting on MMR. Editorial boards should adopt guidelines on how MMR could be presented in articles submitted to their journals. These guidelines could assist authors in preparing their articles to conform to international standards on the reporting of MMR studies. Peer reviewers should use the guidelines to judge the quality of reporting on MMR methodology in articles under review. This study could also serve as a future reference for researchers, postgraduate students and supervisors who aim to incorporate MMR in their research.

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旅游相关研究中混合方法研究的质量报告

本研究的目的是获得国际公认的混合方法研究(MMR)质量报告标准的科学见解。2012年后在某期刊上发表的文章，涉及“混合方法”和“旅游”，并报道了定性和定量数据的收集，这些文章来自谷歌Scholar和Scopus。这些研究的报告质量根据GRAMMS框架(混合方法研究的良好报告)进行分析。数据集中的大多数文章都没有报告GRAMMS中嵌入的所有元素。它不应被视为MMR设计本身质量的反映，也不应被视为研究存在缺陷。它指出了在报告重要的妇幼结合部要素方面的差距，可以在未来的研究中加以解决。确定了一些范例，可以作为研究人员在孕产妇死亡率报告质量方面的案例研究。编辑委员会应该采纳关于如何在提交给其期刊的文章中呈现MMR的指导方针。这些准则可以帮助作者编写文章，使其符合报告MMR研究的国际标准。同行审稿人应使用该指南来判断所审评文章中MMR方法学报告的质量。本研究也可为有意将MMR纳入研究的研究人员、研究生和导师提供参考。

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African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

2.70

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0.00%

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审稿时长

8 weeks

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