Challenges in Systematic Reviews of Qualitative Research
ResearchPosted on rand.org Sep 1, 2014Published In: SRA: Research Matters, Sep. 2014, p. 8
Systematic reviews of qualitative research are useful, but pose challenges for researchers. Many debates over their value arise from the tension between the positivistic, aggregative approach of systematic reviews of intervention effectiveness and the interpretive nature of most qualitative research.
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- Copyright: Social Research Association
- Availability: Non-RAND
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 1
- Document Number: EP-66205
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