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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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Introducing the OpenSource Maturity Model

TL;DR: The Open Maturity Model that is an assessment model for the Free/Libre Open Source software development process evaluation is introduced and a tree level scale is proposed in order to keep it as simple as possible and make it attractive for Free/ Libya Open Source Software communities.
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Improving service evaluation in clinical genetics: identifying effects of genetic diseases on individuals and families.

TL;DR: It is argued that services should be evaluated on the basis of how well they alleviate the effects of disease, from a patient perspective, to develop robust measures of outcome for clinical genetics services.
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Using nature elements in mobile AR for education with children

TL;DR: The salient findings suggest that the concept has sound potential in its mixture of physical activity and educational elements in an outdoor context, and teachers found the use of natural objects to be an appealing approach and a factor contributing to the learning experience.
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Food first! Theorising assets and actors in agroforestry: risk evaders, opportunity seekers and ‘the food imperative’ in sub-Saharan Africa

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and theorise agroforestry adoption as a process of socio-ecological and socio-technological change, and use grounded theory in narrative walks to analyse adoption and non-adoption of agro-forestry in a setting where farmers continuously interpret, adjust to and invest in their environment.
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How are religion and spirituality related to health? A study of physicians' perspectives.

TL;DR: Empirical evidence for a “faith-health connection” may have little influence on physicians’ conceptions of and approaches to religion in the patient encounter.
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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.