Qualitative or quantitative? Developing and evaluating complex interventions: time to end the paradigm wars
Qualitative or quantitative? Developing and evaluating complex interventions: time to end the paradigm wars
In recent decades, development of research capacity to accompany academic development in nursing has been punctuated by “paradigm wars”, mirroring those of the social sciences, with proponents of differing epistemological and ontological positions advocating particular approaches to research. Although some have declared the paradigm wards to be over (Bryman, 2006) hostility has not ceased on all fronts and many still act as if they are members of opposing armies, eyeing the former enemies with suspicion and all too ready to take offence. To a large extent the ‘war’ has boiled down to a ‘simple’ conflict between the practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research and has taken the form of arguments concerning the relative merits of differing approaches based on differing perspectives on epistemology and ontology .
complex evaluations, medical research council framework, MRC, research methods, mixed methods, qualitative research, quantitative research
Griffiths, P.
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Norman, Ian
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Griffiths, P.
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Norman, Ian
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Griffiths, P. and Norman, Ian
(2012)
Qualitative or quantitative? Developing and evaluating complex interventions: time to end the paradigm wars.
International Journal of Nursing Studies.
(doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.09.008).
(In Press)
Abstract
In recent decades, development of research capacity to accompany academic development in nursing has been punctuated by “paradigm wars”, mirroring those of the social sciences, with proponents of differing epistemological and ontological positions advocating particular approaches to research. Although some have declared the paradigm wards to be over (Bryman, 2006) hostility has not ceased on all fronts and many still act as if they are members of opposing armies, eyeing the former enemies with suspicion and all too ready to take offence. To a large extent the ‘war’ has boiled down to a ‘simple’ conflict between the practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research and has taken the form of arguments concerning the relative merits of differing approaches based on differing perspectives on epistemology and ontology .
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 November 2012
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complex evaluations, medical research council framework, MRC, research methods, mixed methods, qualitative research, quantitative research
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345799
ISSN: 0020-7489
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