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Are qualitative methods misunderstood?
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 I demonstrate that a recent article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health draws on a now outdated natural science methodology of assessing bias in focus groups.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.
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Publication title
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthVolume
25Issue
4Pagination
294-297ISSN
1326-0200Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Public Health Association of AustraliaPlace of publication
Curtin, ACTRepository Status
- Restricted