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Are qualitative methods misunderstood?
Citation
Ezzy, D, Are qualitative methods misunderstood?, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, (4) pp. 294-297. ISSN 1326-0200 (2001) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1467-842X.2001.tb00582.x
Abstract
Qualitative research methods are increasingly utilised by health researchers. Along with this the criteria for assessing the quality of qualitative research are changing from a natural science model to an interpretative social science model. This is a product of the realisation by health researchers that qualitative methods utilise a different epistemology to statistical methods. I demonstrate that a recent article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health draws on a now outdated natural science methodology of assessing bias in focus groups. Drawing on interpretativist social science theory and recent work in the British Medical Journal. I argue for the importance of examining the social contexts through which qualitative data is produced.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Other health |
Objective Field: | Other health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Ezzy, D (Professor Douglas Ezzy) |
ID Code: | 21187 |
Year Published: | 2001 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 19 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2001-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2002-05-21 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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