A Mixed-Methods Approach Using Self-Report, Observational Time Series Data, and Content Analysis for Process Analysis

Michael Brill1, Frank Schwab1

  • 1Department of Media Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute Human-Computer-Media, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Frontiers in Psychology
|August 10, 2019
PubMed

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