Resolving the qualitative-quantitative debate in healthcare research

Turyahikayo, Everest

doi:10.5897/mpr.2013.0107

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“…"The researcher's view of reality is the corner stone to all other assumptions, that is, what is assumed here predicates the researcher's other assumptions. As applied to healthcare research, ontology is about the nature of reality that is worth investigation" (Turyahikayo, 2014). For instance, one could view poverty as the result of individual attributes like laziness, drunkenness, ignorance or one could view poverty as the result of the development model followed.…”

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Philosophical foundations of research, and the case of the epistemic well, in a least developed nation.

Chakravartty

2021

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Inspired by an ancient tale of kupamanduka (Well Frog) that never ventures out of the well and lives to think the well as the world and see nothing beyond it. This article conceptualises the ‘Epistemic Well’ and the native epistemic community that dwells in it remains within the confines of the epistemic well. Philosophical foundations are the core of each individual researcher and all research questions, hypothesis, methodologies, recommendations are shaped by it. Particular modes of governance instil particular modes of philosophies. Under neoliberalism the prevailing philosophical foundations have been identified as, detached, decontextualized, depoliticized, dehistoricized, dissocialized, deproblematized, reductionist/individualist, instrumentalization, separation, marketisation, positivist and objectivist. The combination of these attributes builds the epistemic well. The epistemic well of research is not absolute and is not meant to provide quantification data. The epistemic well is a reflexive tool that can be used to evaluate a research especially for a nation like Nepal. The research funds or the benefits that ensues a researcher are important criteria for research. When thinking of a research topic, the primary determining factor becomes the amount of fund available the gaze of a native researcher can overlook various conditions and processes. The epistemic community that is formed by these researchers maintain and sustain particular epistemes. The NCD’s were selected primarily to stick to a cohort but this does not limit the scope and purpose of the epistemic well.

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Philosophical foundations of research, and the case of the epistemic well, in a least developed nation.

Chakravartty

2021

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“…It interprets the event to find out a new reality in society through in-depth analysis using qualitative method. Many qualitative researchers dismiss natural scientists' as well as quantitative social scientists' claims to impartiality, and the techniques used to measure validity and their quest for generalizability (Turyahikayo, 2014). Qualitative researchers claim that it is difficult to discuss or explain social phenomena without using a certain language or conceptual framework, and that it is not unbiased.…”

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“…Some researchers believe in positivism and post-positivism and emphasize quantitative research method. They assume that soft data aren't data because data cannot be quantified (Miles & Huberman, 1994;Turyahikayo, 2014). But some researchers believe in people perception, feeling, experiences etc.…”

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Some Philosophical Paradigms and their Implications in Health Research: A Critical Analysis

Pathak

Thapaliya

2022

Int. Res. Jnl. MMC

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There are five common philosophical paradigms used in the research and they are: Positivism, Post- Positivism, Interpretivism, Criticalism and Post modernism. Each paradigm has different research methods and analyses. The aim of this paper is to reveal the philosophical underpinning of Positivism, Post- Positivism, Interpretivism, Criticalism and Post modernism paradigms in health education research. In this review, each paradigm has been explained properly with reference to health education research based on the literature reviews available in peer-reviewed academic articles and books. This paper helps researcher especially health education researcher to identify paradigm and their implication in health education. Positivism is a science-based empirical method which yields singular reality used in scientific research. Post-positivism deal with multiple reality which asserts that every theory is revisable and that is used in social science especially in quantitative research. Interpretivism is the study of social phenomena to find out the hidden reality which is within the society and it is one of the main philosophies of qualitative research. Criticalism is considered one of the best methods to use in health education research to liberate people from social injustices through consciousness gained through health education. Post-modernism rejects the all-existing assumptions, beliefs and values and give an emphasis on qualitative research method that is appropriate to carry out the research study.

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“…Second, nursing, health-related, and suicide research has been dominated by positivist research. However, in the last two decades the numerous benefits of constructivist approaches and qualitative research have been acknowledged and demonstrated in healthcare research (Everest, 2014).…”

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Silence after suicide: A phenomenological study of young men's experience of losing a close male friend

Bowden¹

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<p>Losing a close friend to suicide can significantly increase the risk of dysfunction, depression and suicide in young people. Previous studies of suicide bereavement have focused on parents, parentally-bereaved children, young adolescents’ experiences of peer suicide and female college-students. A paucity of qualitative research exists that examines young men’s experiences of suicide bereavement. This lack of research has meant that their grief may go unnoticed, be minimized, or even misunderstood. The purpose of this research was to explore the experiences of eight young New Zealand men (aged 17-25 years) who lost a close male friend to suicide. Repeated in-depth phenomenological interviews were used to gain new insights into the conceptualisation of this event in the young men’s lives through an exploration of their experiences. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed for analysis. The inductive, descriptive approach of the phenomenological method was used to explore and describe the essence of their lived experience and led to seven themes: Being gutted, stoicism, grieving in silence, being silenced, breaking the silence, being in silence and analytic silence. The overarching essence of their experience and the phenomenon was silence. The silence the men experienced after suicide was ubiquitous. The findings suggest losing a close male friend to suicide implicates men to suffer, grieve, live through and transform in silence. Participants experienced four types of silence: personal, private, public and analytic silence. The men were gutted and personally unable to talk about their experience. They chose to keep quiet, be stoical, suppress their emotions and keep their grief private. They grieved in silence and were silenced by others. They broke their silence with people they could trust and who provided presence support and care. They sought quiet spaces where they could reconnect, reflect on their experience. Their navigation of silence fostered new values, priorities and identities, acceptance of their loss and helped them move on with their lives. This study has brought new understandings of men’s experiences of suicide bereavement and silence. Their experience suggests that health professionals, families/whānau and friends need to learn to see, listen to and interpret the silence of men in order to better understand their experience and needs for care and support. Recommendations are made for intervention, health care practice and future research.</p>

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Resolving the qualitative-quantitative debate in healthcare research

Cited by 13 publications

References 78 publications

Philosophical foundations of research, and the case of the epistemic well, in a least developed nation.

Philosophical foundations of research, and the case of the epistemic well, in a least developed nation.

Some Philosophical Paradigms and their Implications in Health Research: A Critical Analysis

Silence after suicide: A phenomenological study of young men's experience of losing a close male friend

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