Desperately Seeking Dissonance: Identifying the Disconfirming Case in Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
Desperately Seeking Dissonance: Identifying the Disconfirming Case in Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732312466295
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Cooper, Katy
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作者：
Booth, Andrew;Carroll, Christopher;Cooper, Katy
在初级定性研究中，积极寻找不一致或异常的案例被适当地视为可信度的标志。在定性系统评价中，对新兴理论进行此类测试的必要性同样重要。迄今为止，关于如何实施此类策略的可用指导还很少。很少有研究人员描述过寻找否定案例的实用性。我们调查了方法论文献，以更好地了解定性研究的系统评价如何处理不一致的案例。我们从最近的三个定性证据综合中反思了我们自己的经验。我们描述了审稿人如何积极创造机会来识别差异或反驳的发现。最后，我们概述了可能的方法，团队可以通过这些方法在整个审查过程中整合积极寻找不一致的案例。
Actively seeking the disconfirming or deviant case is properly regarded as a hallmark of trustworthiness in primary qualitative research. The need to subject emergent theory to such testing is no less important within qualitative systematic reviews. There is, as yet, little available guidance on how to implement such strategies. Few researchers have described the practicalities of seeking the disconfirming case. We survey the methodological literature to gain a better understanding of how systematic reviews of qualitative research handle the disconfirming case. We reflect on our own experience from three recent qualitative evidence syntheses. We describe how reviewers might actively manufacture opportunities to identify discrepant or refutational findings. We conclude by outlining possible methods by which a team might integrate active seeking of a disconfirming case within the overall review process.