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Table 2 Type of methods used per paper published in the nine journals

From: An update on the “empirical turn” in bioethics: analysis of empirical research in nine bioethics journals

Methods / Journals

Quantitative

Qualitative

Mixed methods

Total

JME

313

148

23

484

NE

170

229

17

416

JCE

27

23

5

55

BioE

11

14

0

25

CQ

9

8

1

18

KIB

1

2

0

3

HCR

1

1

1

3

TMB

0

2

0

2

CE

1

0

0

1

Total

533

427

47

1007

%

52.9%

42.4%

4.7%

100%

  1. JME journal of medical ethics, NE nursing ethics, JCE journal of clinical ethics, BioE bioethics, NE nursing ethics, CQ Cambridge Quarterly, KIB Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, HCR hastings center report, TMB theoretical medicine & bioethics, CE Christian Bioethics
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