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Are qualitative methods misunderstood?

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posted on 2023-05-16, 12:43 authored by Douglas EzzyDouglas Ezzy
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 I demonstrate that a recent article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health draws on a now outdated natural science methodology of assessing bias in focus groups.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 Health

Volume

25

Issue

4

Pagination

294-297

ISSN

1326-0200

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Public Health Association of Australia

Place of publication

Curtin, ACT

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  • Restricted

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