The perpetual search for parsimony: Enhancing the epistemological and practical utility of qualitative research findings

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1401-1410

  Cutcliffe, John R ^a,b   Harder, Henry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b Stenberg College   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Establishing credibility; Expertise; Parsimony; Qualitative research findings; Quality of data collection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PHYLOGENY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRITING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PHYLOGENY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEMANTICS; WRITING;

EID: 67651204444     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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