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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1

TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Moral distress experienced by health care professionals who provide home-based palliative care.

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Kevin Brazil¹, S Kassalainen¹, Jenny Ploeg¹, Denise Marshall¹•Institutions (1)

McMaster University¹

01 Nov 2010-Social Science & Medicine

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the training and practice environments for health care providers need to be designed to recognize the moral challenges related to day-to-day practice.

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...Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the incidents described in the interviews (Patton, 2002)....
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On the success of empirical studies in the international conference on software engineering

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Carmen Zannier¹, Grigori Melnik¹, Frank Maurer¹•Institutions (1)

University of Calgary¹

28 May 2006

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present quantitative and qualitative results of a quasi-random experiment of empirical evaluations over the lifetime of the ICSE Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), showing that the quantity of empirical evaluation has increased over 29 ICSE proceedings, but there still has room to improve the soundness of empirically evaluated software engineering papers.

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Abstract: Critiques of the quantity and quality of empirical evaluations in software engineering have existed for quite some time. However such critiques are typically not empirically evaluated. This paper fills this gap by empirically analyzing papers published by ICSE, the prime research conference on Software Engineering. We present quantitative and qualitative results of a quasi-random experiment of empirical evaluations over the lifetime of the conference. Our quantitative results show the quantity of empirical evaluation has increased over 29 ICSE proceedings but we still have room to improve the soundness of empirical evaluations in ICSE proceedings. Our qualitative results point to specific areas of improvement in empirical evaluations.

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Innovation and adoption of energy efficient technologies: An exploratory analysis of Italian primary metal manufacturing SMEs

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Andrea Trianni¹, Enrico Cagno¹, Ernst Worrell²•Institutions (2)

Polytechnic University of Milan¹, Utrecht University²

01 Oct 2013-Energy Policy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated 20 primary metal manufacturing SMEs in Northern Italy and found that SMEs have a lower perception of behavioral and technology-related barriers than larger enterprises.

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“I'm too used to it”: A longitudinal qualitative study of third year female medical students' experiences of gendered encounters in medical education

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Palav Babaria¹, Sakena Abedin², David N. Berg², Marcella Nunez-Smith²•Institutions (2)

University of California, San Francisco¹, Yale University²

01 Apr 2012-Social Science & Medicine

TL;DR: It is found that participants quickly learned how to confront and respond to inappropriate behavior from male patients and found interactions with female patients and supervisors particularly rewarding, but did not feel equipped to respond to the unprofessional behavior of male supervisors.

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...We used a purposive sampling technique with attention to recruiting students that would represent diversity across several participant characteristics such as age, self-identified racial/ethnic background, childhood experiences, type of undergraduate education, work experience, and relationship status (Patton, 2002)....
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...…sampling technique with attention to recruiting students that would represent diversity across several participant characteristics such as age, self-identified racial/ethnic background, childhood experiences, type of undergraduate education, work experience, and relationship status (Patton, 2002)....
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Identifying and Decreasing Barriers to Parent Involvement for Inner-City Parents

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Terrinieka T. Williams¹, Bernadette Sánchez²•Institutions (2)

University of Michigan¹, DePaul University²

01 Mar 2013-Youth & Society

TL;DR: It is suggested that taking family context into consideration during the planning phases of school-based programs and events improve parental involvement.

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Abstract: Previous studies demonstrate the positive effects of parental involvement on student grade point averages (GPAs), standardized tests scores, and other academic outcomes. Because of the positive role of parental involvement on youth academic achievement, many parents and school personnel desire more collaboration between the family and the school. However, obstacles often arise prohibiting such positive interactions, especially for inner-city African American parents. In this study, parents and school personnel at a predominantly African American inner-city high school completed in-depth interviews regarding the barriers to involving parents in their children’s education. Parents and school personnel identified barriers that fit into four descriptive categories: (a) time poverty, (b) lack of access, (c) lack of financial resources, and (d) lack of awareness. Suggestions for decreasing barriers were also discussed. Findings suggest that taking family context into consideration during the planning phases of ...

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...A maximum variation sampling technique (Patton, 2002) was also used to recruit participants....
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...An inductive approach was used to analyze data, in which study findings emerge from the data and through the researcher’s interactions with the data (Patton, 2002)....
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...First, because the current study is focused on African American, inner-city families, a homogeneous case sampling technique was used (Patton, 2002)....
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...School personnel and parents were recruited using a criterion sampling technique (Patton, 2002)....
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