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Record W4410019415 · doi:10.1002/jgc4.70031

Using mixed methods for genetic counseling research

2025· article· en· W4410019415 on OpenAlexafffund
Kennedy Borle, Jehannine Austin

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Genetic Counseling · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldHealth Professions
TopicHealth Policy Implementation Science
Canadian institutionsUniversity of British Columbia
FundersCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchBC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
KeywordsGenetic counselingMultimethodologyQualitative researchManagement scienceResearch designField (mathematics)Data collectionComputer scienceData scienceEngineering ethicsPsychologySociologySocial science

Abstract

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Mixed methods research encompasses methodological approaches that involve the collection, analysis, and integration of qualitative and quantitative data. Mixed methods are useful for complex research questions, applied research settings, and when end users value multiple forms of evidence, which makes mixed methods suitable for many areas of genetic counseling research. High-quality rigorous research methods are required to generate useful knowledge that can advance the field of genetic counseling. The goal of this paper was to provide an introduction to mixed methods research and discuss the rationale, research paradigms, study designs, methodological considerations, opportunities, and challenges in genetic counseling research.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.231
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.342
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesMetaresearch
DomainCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.769
Threshold uncertainty score0.949

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.2310.342
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0030.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0050.007
Bibliometrics0.0080.011
Science and technology studies0.0040.005
Scholarly communication0.0090.005
Open science0.0050.007
Research integrity0.0050.007
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0180.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.731
GPT teacher head0.765
Teacher spread0.033 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.

Study designTheoretical or conceptual
DomainMethods
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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