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Doing Qualitative Research

Maria Lorentzon
- 01 Jun 1993 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 6, pp 1007-1007
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This article is published in Journal of Advanced Nursing.The article was published on 1993-06-01. It has received 2707 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Qualitative research.

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Quantitative and qualitative methods in medical education research: AMEE Guide No 90: Part I

TL;DR: The purpose of this Guide is to provide medical educators with a basic understanding of how quantitative and qualitative methods contribute to the medical education evidence base through their different inquiry approaches and also how to select the most appropriate inquiry approach to answer their research questions.
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The Impact of Internet User Shopping Patterns and Demographics on Consumer Mobile Buying Behaviour

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make an approximation of the M-shopper profile and identify the variables influencing purchase behavior, based on 7 focus groups and the analytical techniques of Chi-square and logistic regression.
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Data feedback efforts in quality improvement: lessons learned from US hospitals

TL;DR: The diversity of hospital based efforts at data feedback is illustrated and strategies that might be most effective are suggested, as well as potential pitfalls in using data to promote performance improvement.
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Counting in Qualitative Research: Why to Conduct it, When to Avoid it, and When to Closet it

TL;DR: The issue of counting is discussed: the process of assigning numbers to data that are in nonnumerical form, and the purposes that can be served by four different types of counting are identified.
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Sustainable development, higher education and pedagogy: a study of lecturers' beliefs and attitudes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an online questionnaire to investigate lecturers' views of sustainable development and its contribution to the higher education curriculum, and found that a fairly high level of support for sustainable development is expressed across different disciplines.
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The qualitative research interview

TL;DR: This work examines less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved.
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Sampling in Interview-Based Qualitative Research: A Theoretical and Practical Guide

TL;DR: A four-point approach to sampling in qualitative interview-based research is presented and critically discussed in this article, which integrates theory and process for the following: (1) defining a sample universe, by way of specifying inclusion and exclusion criteria for potential participation; (2) deciding upon a sample size, through the conjoint consideration of epistemological and practical concerns; (3) selecting a sampling strategy, such as random sampling, convenience sampling, stratified sampling, cell sampling, quota sampling or a single-case selection strategy; and (4) sample sourcing, which includes
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Word of mouth communication within online communities: Conceptualizing the online social network

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the results of a two-stage study aimed at investigating online word of mouth (WOM) communication: a set of in-depth qualitative interviews followed by a social network analysis of a single online community.
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Methodological rigour within a qualitative framework

TL;DR: The methodological trinity of reliability, validity and generalization is described and a shift from a position of fundamentalism to a more pluralistic approach as a means of legitimizing naturalistic inquiry is advocated.
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Analyzing Qualitative Data

TL;DR: This half-day tutorial will focus on the basic methods for analyzing qualitative data using a mixture of talks and hands-on activities and will consider closed and open coding as well as clustering and categorizing coded data.