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QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH PROPOSALS WITH INTEGRITY
Dr. L. MeadowsUniversity of CalgaryDepartments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
21ST ANNUAL Primary Care Statistics and Research Methods ConferenceSan Antonio 2007
INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW OF SEMINARELEMENTS OF A QUALITATIVE PROPOSALINTEGRITY OF QUALITATIVE METHODSRESOURCES FOR QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE IN EVERYDAY LIVESNATURALISTIC ENQUIRY –
NATURALLY OCCURRING PHENOMENON IN NATURAL SETTING
EXPLORING INDUCTIVELY WHAT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN
LOCAL OR SPECIFIC TO GENERALIZATIONS
Thurston, Cove and Meadows, in press.
ELEMENTS OF A PROPOSAL: TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PARADIGMSTUDYSTUDY DESIGNMETHODSSTRATEGIESTECHNIQUESCONSISTENCY CHECKS
PARADIGMS
PARADIGMS ARE OVERARCHING APPROACHES
GUBA AND LINCOLN (1989) - WITHIN EACH THERE ARE PARADIGMATIC DIVISIONS AND CATEGORIES TO BE DISCUSSED
Thurston et al.; McDaniel RR Jr.
STUDY DESIGN
STUDY DESIGN: GENERAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, METHODS TO BE USED, AND OUTCOMES EXPECTEDTHE MAP THAT ASSISTS RESEARCHER, REVIEWERS AND FUNDERS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR STUDY AND PROPOSAL
Morse and Richards, 2002; Thurston et al., in press.
METHODS
METHODS REFER TO RESEARCH APPROACHES “BASED ON THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT COMBINE TO FORM A PARTICULAR APPROACH TO DATA AND MODE OF ANALYSIS” (ADAPTED FROM MORSE & RICHARDS, 2002, P.2)
COHORT STUDY, CASE STUDY, PHENOMENOLOGY, OR GROUNDED THEORY
Thurston, Cove and Meadows, in press.
STRATEGIES
ARE ELEMENTS WITHIN OUR CHOSEN METHOD THAT SUPPORT THE OVERALL DESIGN
STRATEGIES OF SAMPLINGSTRATEGIES OF DATA COLLECTIONSTRATEGIES OF DATA ANALYSISSTRATEGIES OF RIGOURSTRATEGIES OF ETHICAL ADHERENCE
Meadows et al., Denzin and Lincoln; Crabtree and Miller.
TECHNIQUES
METHODOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES ARE USED WITHIN OUR CHOSEN STRATEGIES
SNOWBALL SAMPLING; OBSERVATION, THEMATIC ANALYSIS, VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, ANONYMITY, INFORMED CONSENT
NATURE OF QUESTIONS
YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION IDENTIFIES THE APPROPRIATE RESEARCH PARADIGM TO BE USED AND GUIDES THE STUDY DESIGNTHERE MUST BE CONSISTENCY AMONG YOUR PURPOSE, RESEARCH QUESTION AND GOALS
EXAMPLES
does perceive = experience?does understand = perceive?does knowledge = practice?what if we cannot observe?
Thurston, Cove and Meadows, in press.
STUDY DESIGN
WHAT IS YOUR MAP? HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR COMPASS?
Morse and Richards; Meadows, Verdi and Crabtree
THE INTEGRITY OF QUALITATIVE PROPOSALS
NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE VARIETY OF METHODS AVAILABLE FOR QHRNECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG RESEARCH QUESTION, METHOD, AND DESIRED RESULTS
THE INTEGRITY OF QUALITATIVE PROPOSALS
NOT ALL QUALITATIVE METHODS INTEGRATE ASPECTS OF A PROJECT IN THE SAME WAY
Morse and Richards; Thurston, Cove and Meadows
TWO IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF QUALITATIVE METHODS
METHODOLOGICAL PURPOSIVENESS
METHODOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE
RAISE NO QUESTIONS FOR REVIEWERS – OR AS FEW AS POSSIBLE!
METHODOLOGICAL PURPOSIVENESS
Particular research purposes and questions lead the researcher to data sources and analytic strategies
Morse and Richards
PURPOSIVENESS
Not being constrained nor using as an excuse what you know, what others will allow, or not adequately preparing by finding out what is already known and how.
Morse and Richards
METHODOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE
There must be congruence in the way in which the researcher asks the question, (e.g, what they ask), where they ask it (e.g., the setting), and how the question is answered (e.g, data analysis and interpretation)
Morse and Richards; Thurston, Cove and Meadows, in press.
METHODOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE
FIT BETWEEN RESEARCH PROBLEM AND QUESTION;
FIT BETWEEN THE RESEARCH QUESTION AND THE METHOD
Morse and Richards; Thurston, Cove and Meadows, in press.
METHODOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE
FIT AMONG METHOD, STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUESNOT RIGID AND INFLEXIBLE, BUT MUST LEARN TO THINK WITHIN THE METHOD - EACH METHOD A WAY OF ABOUT DATA AND USING TECHNIQUES TO WORK WITH IT
DEVELOPING YOUR PROPOSAL
BUDGET – OFTEN SEEN AS FIRST STEPSTUDY PURPOSE, RESEARCH QUESTIONRESOURCES (PEOPLE, SPACE, EQUIPMENT, MANAGEMENT,TIMELINE)FUNDERS’ GUIDELINES
DEVELOPING YOUR PROPOSAL
MATCH OF BUDGET TO TEXTWEB BASED MODULES (CV, BUDGET)REGISTRATIONPROPOSAL BODYREFERENCES, GRAPHS, APPENDICES
DEVELOPING YOUR PROPOSAL
MULTIPLE REVIEWS IN-HOUSE, MENTORS, PEERSFINE TOOTH COMBINGASSEMBLYCI ELEMENTSSIGNATURES
SELECTED REFERENCESCrabtree BF and Miller WL (Eds.) 1999 Doing Qualitative Research (2nd
Ed). Thousand Oaks: Sage.Denzin, NK and Lincoln YS (Eds.) 2003. Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry. Thousand Oaks: Sage.Meadows, LM, Verdi, AJ, Crabtree, BF 2003. Keeping up appearances: using qualitative methods in dental research. Journal of Dental Education, 67(9): 981-990 Morse JM, Richards L. 2002 Readme First for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications;.Thurston, W.E., Cove, L. & Meadows, L.M. (In press) Methodological congruence in complex and collaborative mixed method studies. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches.
NOTE: Additional references will be provided in session.