Resolving the qualitative-quantitative debate in healthcare research
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Revisiting the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate: Implications for Mixed-Methods Research.
Health care research includes many studies that combine quantitative and qualitative methods. In this paper, we revisit the quantitative-qualitative debate and review the arguments for and against using mixed-methods. In addition, we discuss the implications stemming from our view, that the paradigms upon which the methods are based have a different view of reality and therefore a different vie...
متن کاملThe Quantitative/Qualitative Debate and Feminist Research: A Subjective View of Objectivity
Research methods are "technique(s) for ... gathering data" (HARDING 1986) and are generally dichotomised into being either quantitative or qualitative. It has been argued that methodology has been gendered (OAKLEY 1997; 1998), with quantitative methods traditionally being associated with words such as positivism, scientific, objectivity, statistics and masculinity. In contrast, qualitative meth...
متن کاملQualitative methods in research on healthcare quality.
There are no easy solutions to the problem of improving the quality of care. Research has shown how difficult it can be, but has failed to provide reliable and effective ways to change services and professional performance for the better. Much depends on the perspectives of users and the attitudes and behaviours of professionals in the context of their organisations and healthcare teams. ...
متن کاملSystematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Research on Divorce Factors
Background: Divorce has always been one of the five main issues in the country and one of the criteria for community health. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate quantitative and qualitative researches on the factors affecting divorce through systematic review. Method: The research community includes all the quantitative and qualitative articles published (2006-2016) regarding...
متن کاملQUALITY IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH Qualitative methods in research on healthcare quality
There are no easy solutions to the problem of improving the quality of care. Research has shown how difficult it can be, but has failed to provide reliable and effective ways to change services and professional performance for the better. Much depends on the perspectives of users and the attitudes and behaviours of professionals in the context of their organisations and healthcare teams. Qualit...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Practice and Reviews
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2141-2596
DOI: 10.5897/mpr.2013.0107