scholarly journals Doing a Hermeneutic Phenomenology Research Underpinned by Gadamer’s Philosophy: A Framework to Facilitate Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110478
Author(s):  
Rasha Alsaigh ◽  
Imelda Coyne
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Hermeneutic Circle ◽  
Philosophical Movement ◽  
Fusion Of Horizons ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
New Framework

Phenomenology is an umbrella term that refers to both a philosophical movement and a variety of research approaches. Hermeneutic phenomenology is a methodology, which is not rigidly set or prescribed. Hence, students and researchers using a hermeneutic phenomenology approach underpinned by Gadamer’s philosophy may struggle to apply his concepts while analysing data. This article describes a new framework that provides guidance on how to analyse data in a research study while remaining faithful to the major tenets of Gadamer’s work (pre-understandings, hermeneutic circle and fusion of horizons) and closely adhering to the central tenets. The framework provides a step-by-step strategy to ensure rigour while maintaining trustworthiness. This may serve as a useful guide for neophyte students and researchers using or considering Gadamer’s version of hermeneutic phenomenology in their studies.

Reflexivity in research: Promoting rigour, reliability and validity in qualitative research

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 560-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesam Darawsheh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Analyse Data

Background The value of qualitative research is increasingly acknowledged in health studies, as well as the demand for employing rigorous strategies. Although the literature recognises that reflexivity is a valuable and rigorous strategy, few studies unravel the practical employment of reflexivity as a strategy for ensuring rigour and quality in qualitative research. Aim To present a practical example of how reflexivity can be employed as a strategy for ensuring rigour by reviewing 13 narratives from the author's reflexive diary on qualitative research. Methods Content analysis and narrative analysis were used to approach and analyse data. Findings Analysis of the posited qualitative research study found five main outcomes of the influence of reflexivity as a strategy to establish criteria of rigour. Conclusions Further research is needed to show how reflexivity can be employed as a strategy in qualitative research to: i) establish criteria of rigour; ii) monitor the researcher's subjectivity in generating credible findings.

scholarly journals A METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING USABILITY FINDINGS TO ENHANCE VALIDATION OF NEW HEURISTICS

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-118
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Validation Methods ◽  
Logical Process ◽  
New Framework

Different usability heuristics have been proposed as new application domains arise. Such proposals usually depend on the validation of the new heuristics. However, current validation methods are still biased by subjective comparisons of usability findings. In this paper, we aimed to enhance the process of matching usability finding descriptions and mitigate the bias of such process. To reach our goal, we adopted ontology techniques to extend the User Action Framework for the context of validating new usability heuristics. We tested three hypotheses about the feasibility of our new framework based on a case study with 173 usability findings. These usability findings were retrieved from an online project of a private mobile browser. Our data analysis of supported merging three classification schemes for our framework: User Action Framework, Typical Usability Defects (from ISO) and the heuristics of Nielsen. Finally, we describe a logical process for our method, because some of the contents from the classification schemes are not disjoint.

Approaches to Quantitative Data Analysis and Evaluation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Rae ◽  
Ahmed Salhin ◽  
Babak Taheri ◽  
Catherine Porter ◽  
Christian König ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Analyse Data

To understand data and present findings appropriately, researchers need awareness of statistical techniques. This chapter discusses the statistical tools used to analyse data collected. It focuses on two sets of the most widely used statistical tools, as shown in the ‘Deductive’ section in the data analysis area of the Methods Map (see Chapter 4): (1) exploring relationships and (2) comparing groups. In addition, we briefly explain ‘Big Data’.

scholarly journals Theoconomy: An ethical paradigm for economic prosperity

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann Walters ◽  
Koos Vorster ◽  
Riaan Rheeder ◽  
Jan Venter
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
New World ◽  
Research Study ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
New Framework

The Parliament of the World’s Religions made a call to the international society to find shared values that could effectively direct the new world order that is characterised by its polycentric and heterogenous character. In response to the call and informed by the Global Ethics Project, a research study was conducted under the auspices of the Unit for Reformational Theology and the Development of the Society, at the North-West University, South Africa. The study focused on how the global economy could be organised differently in order to address the severe anomalies of superficial ethics of materialism, instant gratification and the philosophy of futility that underlies the unfettered consumerism of the secular age. The study therefore searched for a new framework of flourishing or an ethic paradigm for economic prosperity. The study introduces a new ethics labelled Theoconomy. In this article, the epistemology and ontology of the research study are expounded.

Transformative Life Experience as a Glimpse Into Potentiality

2020 ◽  
pp. 002216782093748
Author(s):  
Pninit Russo-Netzer ◽  
Jonathan Davidov
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Theoretical View ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Exploration

Many clients cope with the consequences of transformative life experience (TLE) in psychotherapy. TLE often involves a radical, profound reorganization of or change in one’s life because of resulting formative, life-changing choices. Yet the essence of the mechanism people use to process and make sense of a TLE is unclear. This study is a phenomenological exploration of such experiences that aims to offer a heuristic theoretical view of how such change is constructed and played out. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 120 adults who had coped with the consequences of a TLE. Data analysis was guided by a hermeneutic phenomenology paradigm that postulates that people account for their experience within the four existentials of temporality, spatiality, corporality (embodiment), and relationality. Those lifeworld existentials were utilized as a framework and lens through which to organize the data. This procedure was followed by a hermeneutical interpretation to identify common features of lived experience along all four domains of analysis with the purpose of constructing a conceptual model that illustrates the essence of change during TLE. Implications are considered for utilizing theoretical and applied insights from the model.

Muddling Through the Passage of Qualitative Research: Experiences of a Novice Researcher

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Research Experiences

The article is written as a travelogue by the author while exploring the passage of qualitative research in her maiden independent research work—her dissertation. The author describes in the article how her journey of qualitative research took shape right from the take-off point: the choice of topic and methodology to the data collection, analysis and presentation of the findings. The article also throws light on the various experiences of the researcher during the journey including the issues and challenges faced by her in different stages of the study like the research proposal stage, data collection stage and the data analysis stage. The objective of the article is to familiarize the qualitative researchers, who are currently at the beginner stage, with the possible issues and pitfalls of qualitative research process. For that the author has used her own experiences to explain the nuances of the process. In the article, the author also highlights that irrespective of the challenges faced in the process how the research study helped her in developing herself as a better researcher and a wiser person, making her efforts fruitful and providing her a sense of achievement.

scholarly journals Conducting Qualitative Research on Desertification in Western Lesvos, Greece

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodoros Iosifides ◽  
Theodoros Politidis
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
Land Degradation And Desertification

The main aim of this article is to present some critical methodological strategies employed in a qualitative research study on local socioeconomic development and desertification in western Lesvos, Greece. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with local producers in western Lesvos, Greece, an effort was made to identify and analyze the links between the local socioeconomic trajectory and environmental marginality. The article concerns the justification of the choice of qualitative investigation on the matter, the main methodological strategies employed in the field, and the basic data analysis processes. In particular, we discuss the gradual development of a coding framework and a conceptual model for understanding and explaining the interrelations between local socioeconomic development, and characteristics and problems of land degradation and desertification.

scholarly journals INFORMED CONSENT DOKTER DAN PASIEN BERDASARKAN ASAS GOOD FAITH

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-144
Author(s):  
Yenni Safitri
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legal Consequences

ABSTRAKPerjanjian informed consent harus dilaksanakan dengan asas itikad baik. Asas ini merupakan asas bahwa para pihak, yaitu pihak kreditur dan debitur harus melaksanakan substansi kontrak berdasarkan kepercayaan atau keyakinan yang teguh maupun kemauan baik dari para pihak. Tulisan ini membahas informed consent Dokter dan Pasien berdasarkan asas Good Faith dan akibat hukum tidak dilaksanakannya informed consent Dokter dan Pasien berdasarkan asas Good Faith. Metode penelitian adalah penelitian hukum normative kajian tentang asas hukum, peneliti mengumpulkan data yang terdiri dari data primer, sekunder dan tertier. Teknik pengumpulan data yaitu wawancara dan kajian kepustakaan. Analisis data dilakukan secara kualitatif serta menarik kesimpulan penulis menggunakan metode berfikir deduktif.Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah Informed consent antara dokter dan pasien harus berdasarkan asas good faith, bagi dokter informed consent memberikan rasa aman dalam menjalankan tindakan medis terhadap pasien. Bagi pasien, informed consent merupakan merupakan perwujudan dari hak pasien dimana pasien berhak mendapatkan informasi tentang penyakit yang dideritanya, tindakan medis apa yang hendak dilakukan, kemungkinan yang akan terjadi atas pengambilan keputusan tindakan medis. Apabila tidak ada informed consent berakibat tidak terpenuhinya salah satu syarat perjanjian menurut Pasal 1320 KUH Perdata, digolongkan sebagai wanprestasi dan digolongkan sebagai perbuatan melawan hukum berdasarkan Pasal 1365 KUHPerdata.Kata kunci: informed consent; good faith; dokter dan pasienABSTRACTAn informed consent agreement must be carried out in good faith. This principle is the principle that the parties, namely the creditors and debtors must carry out the substance of the contract based on the trust or firm belief or goodwill of the parties. This paper discusses the informed consent of Doctors and Patients based on the Good Faith principle and the legal consequences of not implementing the informed consent of Doctors and Patients based on the Good Faith principle. The research method is a normative legal research study of the principle of law, researchers collect data consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary data. Data collection techniques, namely interviews and literature review. Data analysis was carried out qualitatively and drawing conclusions from the author using deductive thinking methods. The conclusion of this study is that informed consent between doctors and patients must be based on the principle of good faith, for physicians informed consent to provide a sense of security in carrying out medical actions against patients. For patients, informed consent is an embodiment of the patient's right where the patient has the right to get information about the disease he is suffering from, what medical action he wants to take, the likelihood that will occur in making a decision on medical action. If no informed consent results in failure to fulfill one of the terms of the agreement under Article 1320 of the Civil Code, it is classified as a default and is classified as unlawful pursuant to Article 1365 of the Civil Code. Keywords: informed consent; good faith; doctors and patients

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