The variety of qualitative research .2. Non-positivist approaches
The variety of qualitative research .2. Non-positivist approaches
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DOI：
10.1016/s0260-6917(97)80137-2
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发表时间：
1997-06-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Ashworth, PD
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作者：
Ashworth, PD
由于多种原因，定性技术已在护理研究中普遍扎根，并且在护士教育工作者进行的研究中变得越来越重要。但是，对于定性研究产生的数据的性质、必须处理这些数据的方式以及这些数据的用途，存在很大的混乱。这种混乱往往是由于未能区分定性数据的几种方向而造成的。在上一篇文章中讨论了实证主义研究。非实证主义研究有很多种，尽管通常被视为统一的。例如： (a) 描述性（“现象学”）研究——旨在忠实地描述经验领域或“生活世界”的某个方面； (b) 解释性（“诠释学”）研究——旨在展示理解经验的方法； (c) 话语分析——找出社会可用的思维和行动模式，这些模式在定性数据中得以体现。
For a number of reasons qualitative techniques have taken firm root in nursing research generally and are of growing importance in research undertaken by nurse educators. But there is a great deal of confusion about the nature of the data which are produced by qualitative research, the way such data must be handled, and the use to which such data can be put.The confusion often results from a failure to differentiate between several orientations to qualitative data. In the previous paper Positivist research was discussed. Non-positivist research is of a number of kinds, despite often being treated as unified. Examples are: (a) descriptive ('phenomenological') research - which seeks to give a faithful account of an area of experience or of an aspect of the 'life-world'; (b) interpretative ('hermeneutic') research - which aims to show ways of making sense of experience; and (c) discourse analysis - which draws out the socially available modes of thinking and action which reveal themselves in qualitative data.