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Clear as Mud

Toward Greater Clarity in Generic Qualitative Research

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ID2410119
AuthorsKate Caelli (University of Alberta), Lynne Ray (0000-0001-8213-0690, University of Alberta), Judy Mill (University of Alberta)
Year2003
Volume2
Issue2
Pages1-13
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/160940690300200201
OpenAlexW2166049811
LanguageEN
Citations received202
References cited51

We have observed a growth in the number of qualitative studies that have no guiding set of philosophic assumptions in the form of one of the established qualitative methodologies. This lack of allegiance to an established qualitative approach presents many challenges for 'generic qualitative' studies, one of which is that the literature lacks debate about how to do a generic study well. We encourage such debate and offer four basic requirements as a point of departure: noting the researchers' position, distinguishing method and methodology, making explicit the approach to rigor, and identifying the researchers' analytic lens

Allegiance · CLARITY · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Lens (geology · Management science · Point (geometry · Political science · Qualitative research · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Through-the-lens metering · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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