TY - JOUR
AU1 - Inui, Thomas S.
AU2 - Frankel, Richard M.
AB - A Proposal Pro Tern A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH tO appraising the strengths and information m however available, affordable, and "unbiased" mare unlikely to be appropriate for ex- weaknesses of quantitative research in medicine has ploring questions of meaning or examining the quali- made its appearance over the past two decades--we ties of lived experience. Sources of data and methods of think to the benefit of all. By way of contrast, no compa- data gathering designed for the particular occasion of rable standards for critical appraisal have emerged for research, even if obtrusive and ad hoc, may be more what academic physicians call "qualitative research." This single phrase apparently embraces all those in- likely to uncover meaning and interpersonal dynamics. stances of inquiry in which investigators adopt no met- The general method of research should be one that ric and therefore do not summarize their principal re- produces sustained or prolonged exposure to the phe- suits by measuring or counting. Some have described nomena of interest and alternates immersion in data this domain of inquiry as meaning- rather than theory- with interpretation. Data archives are desirable, and driven. This work is remarkably diverse and may in- investigators who keep reflexive journals 
TI - Evaluating the quality of qualitative research
JF - Journal of General Internal Medicine
DO - 10.1007/BF02598180
DA - 1991-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/evaluating-the-quality-of-qualitative-research-ew0Fxh6MDd
SP - 485
EP - 486
VL - 6
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -