Questioning the use value of qualitative research findings

Lipscomb, Martin

doi:10.1111/j.1466-769x.2011.00514.x

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“…That may be attributed to the “qualitative” manner of nursing research, which requires less employment of expensive equipment and technology. The other reason might be that the value of qualitative research findings is regarded as questionable (Lipscomb, ).…”

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Nursing Research Literature Production in Terms of the Scope of Country and Health Determinants: A Bibliometric Study

Kokol

Železnik

Završnik³

et al. 2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Purpose The aim of this paper was to present the results of the first study in which nursing research literature production was studied in the relation to country and health determinants. Design Bibliometric analysis was used. Methods The corpus of nursing publications was harvested from the Scopus indexing and abstracting database. Using research articles' metadata (funding acknowledgments, publication years, and author affiliations), we analyzed global trends in the nursing research literature production of funded and nonfunded publications. Next, we performed a regression analysis and correlation analysis relating nursing research productivity to health and country determinants. Findings The search resulted in 118,870 papers, among which 22.0% were funded (24.7% for G8 countries). Nursing literature production is exhibiting a positive trend. The United States is by far the most productive country in terms of funded and nonfunded literature production, although it is ranked only ninth in per capita production, for which Sweden is the most productive country regarding funded papers. The study also revealed that gross domestic product, human development factor, and gross national income were related to nursing research literature productivity. Conclusions The positive trend in nursing research literature production (both funded and nonfunded) reveals a growth in nursing research funding. Regionally centered research literature production shows that the more developed and “rich” countries produce the majority of publications. A positive correlation is evident between country determinants and research literature production, as is a positive correlation between per capita literature research production and well‐being and health determinants. Clinical Relevance Substantial growth in terms of nursing research literature production and research funding has been identified. While a limited amount of research in this area exists, this study revealed some interesting relations between nursing literature production and country and health determinants, which might motivate nursing researchers to pursue more intensive research and funders to support further growth of nursing research funding.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Nursing Research Literature Production in Terms of the Scope of Country and Health Determinants: A Bibliometric Study

Kokol

Železnik

Završnik³

et al. 2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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“…Of course, the assumption that qualitative research has, for clinical nurses, an action guiding function is controversial. This issue is addressed briefly below and it is critiqued, along with ‘insight’, in Lipscomb (2012).…”

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Abductive reasoning and qualitative research

Lipscomb

2012

Nursing Philosophy

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Abduction, deduction and induction describe forms of reasoning. Deduction and induction are discussed in the nursing literature. However, abduction has been largely neglected by nurse scholars. In this paper it is proposed that abduction may play a part in qualitative data analysis - specifically, in the identification of themes, codes, and categories. Abduction is not, in research, restricted to or associated with any particular methodology. Nevertheless, situating abduction in qualitative research facilitates the identification of three interlinked issues. First, it is suggested that abductively derived claims require support from deductive and inductively sourced evidence if they are to 'hold' and, yet, in qualitative research this is clearly problematic. Second, difficulties in choosing between alternative plausible hypotheses (i.e. concerning theme, code, and category description) are explored through an examination of the 'generality problem'. Third, the role of background and auxiliary theories in adjudicating between hypothesis options is discussed. It is argued that if qualitative researchers utilize abductive inference in the manner suggested, then the peculiarly fallible nature of abduction must be acknowledged and, in consequence, the action guiding potential of qualitative research findings is compromised.

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“…This research project is focused on a case study of a single ward area in East Scotland. The nature of the research is qualitative and exploratory as we aim to explore and understand the perceptions of the communities' experiences (Lipscomb, 2012).…”

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The Community Empowerment Act and localism under devolution in Scotland

Elliott

Fejszes

Tarrega

2019

IJPSM

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Purpose In Scotland, the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act represents a significant development towards greater localism in the way public services are designed and delivered in Scotland. This also represents a different approach to that adopted in the rest of the UK. The purpose of this paper is to explore the stakeholder perceptions of localism within a council ward. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on an in-depth exploratory case study of a single council ward in East Scotland. The fieldwork involved 61 in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders including local councillors, public service managers and residents. Findings The findings highlight that, whilst the discourse of community empowerment represents policy divergence, there remain some significant structural and social barriers to meaningful community empowerment in practice. Finally, it is argued that there are three key factors to consider when developing community empowerment: a shared strategy, shared resources and shared accountability. Originality/value The research draws on extensive data from an in-depth case study to explore the realities of community empowerment within a single local authority ward. In doing so, it provides a rich contextual narrative of how the rhetoric of community empowerment is perceived within a council ward setting.

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Questioning the use value of qualitative research findings

Cited by 6 publications

References 37 publications

Nursing Research Literature Production in Terms of the Scope of Country and Health Determinants: A Bibliometric Study

Nursing Research Literature Production in Terms of the Scope of Country and Health Determinants: A Bibliometric Study

Abductive reasoning and qualitative research

The Community Empowerment Act and localism under devolution in Scotland

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