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Research article summary:
Understanding and evaluating qualitative research.
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Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans lives and social worlds. Central to good qualitative research is whether the research participants subjective ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Dec
in Journal: Aust N Z J Psychiatry
(Language : eng)
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2002 Dec;36(6):717-32
Understanding and evaluating qualitative research.
Fossey E, Harvey C, McDermott F, Davidson L
School of Occupational Therapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. e.fossey@latrobe.edu.au
Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans' lives and social worlds. Central to good qualitative research is whether the research participants' subjective meanings, actions and social contexts, as understood by them, are illuminated. This paper aims to provide beginning researchers, and those unfamiliar with qualitative research, with an orientation to the principles that inform the evaluation of the design, conduct, findings and interpretation of qualitative research. It orients the reader to two philosophical perspectives, the interpretive and critical research paradigms, which underpin both the qualitative research methodologies most often used in mental health research, and how qualitative research is evaluated. Criteria for evaluating quality are interconnected with standards for ethics in qualitative research. They include principles for good practice in the conduct of qualitative research, and for trustworthiness in the interpretation of qualitative data. The paper reviews these criteria, and discusses how they may be used to evaluate qualitative research presented in research reports. These principles also offer some guidance about the conduct of sound qualitative research for the beginner qualitative researcher.
PMID : 12406114 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Ellie | Fossey | E |
| Carol | Harvey | C |
| Fiona | McDermott | F |
| Larry | Davidson | L |
Affiliation: School of Occupational Therapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. e.fossey@latrobe.edu.au
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