Method slurring: the grounded theory/phenomenology example

Increasingly, qualitative research methods are being embraced by nurse researchers because these approaches allow exploration of human experience. Failure to explicate qualitative methodologies is resulting in a body of nursing research that is either mislabelled or is classified broadly as qualitat...

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Published inJournal of advanced nursing Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 1355
Main Authors Baker, C, Wuest, J, Stern, P N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.11.1992
Subjects
Data Collection - methods
Nursing Methodology Research - standards
Nursing Theory
Philosophy, Nursing
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Sampling Studies
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Summary:Increasingly, qualitative research methods are being embraced by nurse researchers because these approaches allow exploration of human experience. Failure to explicate qualitative methodologies is resulting in a body of nursing research that is either mislabelled or is classified broadly as qualitative and subject to charges that qualitative research lacks rigour. In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of specificity in methodology and distinguish between phenomenology and grounded theory, two frequently misused terms in the description of qualitative methodology.
ISSN:0309-2402
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb01859.x