The Reframing of Methodology
Revisiting a PhD Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642972 |
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| Authors | Sarah Dubberley (Criminology and Criminal Justice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 39-47 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.3483 |
| OpenAlex | W2200803546 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
The paper draws on a PhD study to explore some methodological dilemmas associated with the execution of qualitative research when framed within positivist study design. The PhD was linked to an externally funded research project which evaluated the implementation of a custody-based intervention in the secure estate. While the PhD was conceived as a qualitative study, informed by interpretivist methodology and associated epistemology, the wider funded study was informed by positivist tradition and used a quantitative method. This led to dilemmas of both practical and methodological nature. The author revisits her study's methodological position to review issues raised by the research design and suggests an alternative proposal informed methodologically by critical realism which may better serve the study's interests. In doing so, the paper suggests how revisiting previous research may assist us in gaining methodological understanding and allow us to reframe our future endeavours to more useful end
Cognitive reframing · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Positivism · Qualitative research · Realism · Research design · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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