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Original Research: Descriptive or Analytical, Either-Or or Both-And?
descriptive (adj.) “serving or aiming to describe,” 1751, from Late Latin descriptivus, from descript-, past-participle stem of describere “to write down, copy; sketch, represent,” from de “down” (see de-) + scribere “to write” (from PIE root *skribh- “
José Florencio Lapeña
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Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research [PDF]
For many years, discussions of the relative merits of generic and theoretical approaches to qualitative research have divided researchers while overshadowing the need to focus on addressing clinical questions.
Bekker, H, Cheater, F, Smith, J
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Charting Your Course: A Roadmap to Select a Review Type for Your Research Journey
Summarizing evidence found in the literature is an important component of the research process. Researchers who undertake a project to summarize evidence will hopefully have their results published in a peer-reviewed journal. However, there are dozens of
Jannette Bradley +2 more
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Study designs: Part 2 – Descriptive studies
One of the first steps in planning a research study is the choice of study design. The available study designs are divided broadly into two types – observational and interventional.
Rakesh Aggarwal, Priya Ranganathan
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The discussion around placing cities within a larger network of cities and the criteria by which they are assessed has recently gained new momentum. Consideration of Southern, disadvantaged, or “peripheral” geographies previously neglected in comparative
Nadine Appelhans, Sophie Schramm
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Methodology or method? A critical review of qualitative case study reports
Despite on-going debate about credibility, and reported limitations in comparison to other approaches, case study is an increasingly popular approach among qualitative researchers.
Nerida Hyett +2 more
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Exploring Research through Design in Animal-Computer Interaction [PDF]
This paper explores Research through Design (RtD) as a potential methodology for developing new interactive experiences for animals. We present an example study from an on-going project and examine whether RtD offers an appropriate framework for ...
Dawkins M.S. +7 more
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Both sex (biological) and gender (socio-cultural) are increasingly recognized as important factors in disease risks and outcomes, including parasitic infections and especially those of the genital tract. Many funding agencies now require these dimensions
Christina P. Tadiri
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The Importance of Ethnographic Observation in Grounded Theory Research
Even though observational data have contributed to grounded theory research since the method's inception, it is interview data that is most often analyzed. In this article we argue for the greater inclusion of ethnographic observational data in grounded
Jarrah FitzGerald, Jane Mills
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A Systemic/Cybernetic Notion of Design [PDF]
The purpose of writing this article is 1) to describe the notion1 of "design" in order to show that there is almost no thought-based activity that does not, explicitly or implicitly, contains designing activities, including academic and scientific ones ...
Nagib Callaos
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