scholarly journals Evaluating Qualitative Research Studies for Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Suarez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Practice Questions ◽  
Research Studies

Objective - Research studies in the literature that may be useful for solving professional practice questions are frequently based on findings from studies that use qualitative methods. Criteria used to appraise qualitative research are still evolving and often lack the readily understood precision of the numerical criteria used for quantitative research. Qualitative research studies can often be more valuable than quantitative studies for a given situation. This article offers a template to assess qualitative methods used in practitioner-led research for library and information science. Methods – This paper presents a narrative scenario of a library management problem. After conducting a literature search, the author identified an article with apparent relevance and potential to help resolve the problem. The author then evaluated the article using an assessment framework to illustrate how qualitative library research can be assessed. The paper examines the components of the framework, and explores the process. Results - The appraisal of the selected article demonstrates that qualitative methods used in library research can be critically evaluated for evidence to assist librarians in addressing their professional practice questions. Conclusions - Results obtained from qualitative research projects can be applied as evidence to support library practice. Qualitative methods are useful, and for many library practice issues, the assessment process illustrated here will help librarians evaluate the evidence and assess its appropriateness for practice.

Qualitative research

2003 ◽  
pp. 377-384
Author(s):  
Joanna Murray
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Older People ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Illness Behaviour ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Complex Phenomena

Qualitative research is an increasingly popular method of enquiry in biomedical, clinical and behavioural research. Once regarded as the preserve of social scientists and psychologists, qualitative methods have entered the mainstream of epidemiology and clinical research, as evidenced by the publication of a series of papers in the British Medical Journal (Britten 1995; Mays and Pope 1995; Pope and Mays 1995; Pope et al. 2000). The qualitative methods to be described in this chapter offer a scientific approach to understanding and explaining the experiences, beliefs, and behaviour of defined groups of people. The contrasting features and the complementary roles of qualitative and quantitative methods of enquiry will be described. While the majority of chapters in the present volume are concerned with research methods designed to answer questions such as ‘how many?’ or ‘how frequently?’, qualitative methods enable us to explore the ‘why?’, ‘what?’, and ‘how?’ of human behaviour. Since the aim is to understand the meaning of the phenomena under study from the perspective of the individuals concerned, the direction of enquiry is guided more by respondent than researcher. This approach is particularly appropriate to complex phenomena such as the range of beliefs that underlie illness behaviour and the aspects of health care that matter to different service users. Qualitative enquiry would focus on identifying beliefs and describing the circumstances that surround particular behaviours, while quantitative research would focus on measurable characteristics of the sample and the frequency and outcome of their behaviour. An example of the contribution of the two methodological approaches is the study of variations in treatment of depression in older people. Epidemiological studies in the community and in primary care settings have found that the prevalence of depression in older adults far exceeds the prevalence of the disorder among those consulting their general practitioners. To identify the factors associated with this disparity, qualitative researchers would set out to explore the reasons why older people with depression do and do not present their symptoms to the GP. The aim would be to describe the range of beliefs about depression among attenders and non-attenders. The quantitative approach would involve establishing the strength of associations between personal characteristics, external factors, and behaviour of older people with depression. It is clear from this example that both approaches are complementary in identifying the nature of the disparity. Qualitative research is based on the premise that each individual's experience is unique and the beliefs that underlie illness behaviour can only be measured once identified and described from a variety of individual perspectives. When information of this type is combined with data on prevalence and variable risk, more appropriate services and outcome measures can be developed.

Qualitative Methods in Rehabilitation Research and their Relevance to Rehabilitation Counselling Practice

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

This paper discusses the potential limitations, and barriers to acceptance, of qualitative research methodologies. Qualitative research has been dismissed for consisting of small unrepresentative samples that limit the generalisability of findings, for lacking reliability and validity, for providing analyses that mask the individual differences that it purports to highlight, and for being too subjective. It was argued that these criticisms have to be considered against a different set of criteria to those applied to quantitative research. Moreover, the rationale behind qualitative research can provide rehabilitation counsellors with a better understanding of living with disability. This paper seeks to encourage rehabilitation counsellors to (a) gain insight into the different perspectives of persons with disabilities; (b) develop their clinical or knowledge base; and (c) be self-reflexive and critically self-examine their interaction with clients.

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH OF ISLAMIC PSYCHOLOGY LITERACY IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Dede Rosyada ◽  
Abdul Mujib ◽  
Syahidah Rena
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Literary Research ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Islamic Psychology

The development of journal literacy with the theme of Islamic Psychology used a lot of typologies in the madhab of psychology, including Islamic Psychoanalysis, Islamic Psycho-behavioristic, Islamic Psychohumanistic, Islamic Psychocognitive, and Islamic Psychotranspersonal. This study aims to analyze the types of madhab integration in constructing journal literacy in the areas of Islamic psychology in Indonesia. Thus, the tendency could be known and be a guideline in the development of Islamic psychology later on. As library research that used content analysis techniques, this study found that although the journal writers had diverse typologies in the development of the Islamic Psychology madhab, the study showed that the Transpersonal madhab dominated the pattern of developing Islamic psychology in the journaling system in Indonesia.This tendency is due to the process of Islamic integration, the easiest psychology, and the lowest resistance level is integrating Psychotranspersonal with Islamic sciences. Psychotranspersonal themes are more easily developed through literary research and/or qualitative research, while other madhabs claim more to quantitative research.

scholarly journals Information literacy in Portugal

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Malheiro da Silva ◽  
Viviana Fernández Marcial
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Science ◽  
University Level ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

A paper present some data about a project which, although focused on the specific case of Portugal, intents to make a scientific approach of the challenges of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and its impact in the field of the information literacy, considering the actual context of the Information Society. The main questions that it intents to answer are: understand how the university students face the new competences required by the creation of the EHEA; know how these students are prepared in terms of information competences, in three different moments, i.e., prior to the university, during the university frequency period and at the end of the university degree. The inter and transdiscisplinary approach between the Education, Cognitive Sciences and Information Science are clearly stated in the epistemological and theoretical model that supports it, profiting of the interaction between information needs produced in the educational context and the student’s informational universe and its dynamics, without forgetting to consider the connections of student’s informational behavior with their personal and social context and demands. The study will be performed on a national scale, in order to allow comparisons between regions with different development levels. The sample will include students from both study cycles. The methodology used in this study will be divided in two areas, qualitative and quantitative research. The qualitative research will permit to obtain precious indicators about the students’ information behavior, expectations, needs and use of information. The indicators obtained in qualitative research will be used to design questionnaires, which will to be performed in 17 high schools and 17 universities, with an estimated sample of approximately 2000 students. The final result of this research will be the design of an informational behavior map, at the university level, and the development of a model concerning the promotion of information competences in Portuguese university students.

scholarly journals Studi Perbandingan Kewenangan Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia Dengan Kejaksaan Malaysia Dalam Penanganan Perkara Tindak Pidana Korupsi

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-256
Author(s):  
Nada Ulya Qinvi ◽  
Alfitra Alfitra
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Republic

This study aims to explain the role of the Indonesian Public Prosecutor's Office and the Malaysian Prosecutor's Office in corruption crimes as well as the similarities and differences between the authorities of the Republic of Indonesia Prosecutors and the Malaysian Prosecutors in handling corruption cases. This research uses qualitative research research. In this research, the data collection method is carried out by using the library research technique, namely by studying the literature, legislation, books, official documents, and the writings of scholars related to this thesis. and analyzed using descriptive-qualitative methods. The approach used in this research is a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The results of this study indicate that what becomes the similarity between the authority of the Republic of Indonesia Prosecutor's Office with the Malaysian Attorney is the role of the permanent prosecutor as public prosecutor, while what distinguishes the authority of the Republic of Indonesia Prosecutor's Office with the Malaysian Attorney is the authority in the field of prosecution.Keywords: Comparison, Authority, Attorney, Corruption Crime

scholarly journals The Power of Qualitative Methods: Understanding the Puzzle of the Facility Programming Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Lubomir Popov ◽  
Ivan Chompalov
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Credible Information ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Facility Programming

The purpose of this paper is to make a case for the power of qualitative methodology as well as to demonstrate the contributions of qualitative methods in applied research and practice. As analytical material and as an illustration, we use a project where qualitative research methods produce more trustworthy and credible information about a phenomenon than did quantitative research methods. In the process of studying the market for research-based facility programming, we reflected on the heuristic potential and productivity of the methods that have been used traditionally. We made a comparative analysis of the survey and qualitative research designs when used for the study of situations that previously had not been researched or have rarely been researched. This study demonstrates a way of reasoning, grappling with the dilemma of “qualitative versus quantitative,” and reveals the decision making process, as well as some unexpected findings, in evaluating facility programming research. This paper contributes to promoting qualitative methodology in professional practice, in applied projects, and in industries that rely heavily on quantitative research designs.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INDONESIA HEALTH MINISTER REGULATION RELATED TO STERILIZED DISPENSING IN "X" HOSPITAL IN GIANYAR-BALI

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Putu Lestari Dewi ◽  
Ni Made Ari Ginarsih ◽  
I Made Agus Gelgel Wirasuta
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Pharmacy Service ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Service ◽  
Health Minister ◽  
Sequential Explanatory Design ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Background: The application of Regulation of the Minister of Health Number 72 of 2016 is very important to be implemented in every Pharmacy Installation in a hospital, one of which is in the clinical pharmacy service section, namely dispensing sterile preparations to avoid the possibility of medication errors. Objective: The research aimed to find out how the implementation of Regulation of the Minister of Health Number 72 of 2016 stipulated in the basic guidelines of aseptic techniques related to space, equipment, and the implementation of dispensing sterile preparations with its practice in Hospital "X" Gianyar, Bali. Methods: This research used Sequential Explanatory design by combining quantitative and qualitative methods. Results: The results of quantitative research with a checklist found the percentage of completeness of the room and equipment by 100%, while the conformity of the practice with the guidelines of 76.48% is appropriate. The results of qualitative research with triangulation matrices that practice is by the guidelines. Conclusion: Dispensing sterile preparations at the Hospital "X" is following the basic guidelines of aseptic techniques that refer to Regulation of the Minister of Health Number 72 of 2016. Keywords: Implementation, regulation, dispensing, sterile preparations, guidelines, medication errors

Investigation on the statistical methods in research studies of library and information science

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1070-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Yanyan Wang ◽  
Yuehua Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Method ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Anomaly Analysis ◽  
Research Studies

Purpose The statistical method plays an extremely important role in quantitative research studies in library and information science (LIS). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the status of statistical methods used in the field, their application areas and the temporal change patterns during a recent 15-year period. Design/methodology/approach The research papers in six major scholarly journals from 1999 to 2013 in LIS were examined. Factors including statistical methods, application areas and time period were analyzed using quantitative research methods including content analysis and temporal analysis methods. Findings The research studies using statistical methods in LIS have increased steadily. Statistical methods were more frequently used to solve problems in the information retrieval area than in other areas, and inferential statistical methods were used more often than predictive statistical methods and other statistical methods. Anomaly analysis on statistical method uses was conducted and four types of anomaly were specified. Originality/value The findings of this study can help educators, graduates and researchers in the field of LIS better understand the patterns and trends of the applications of statistical methods in this field, depict an overall picture of quantitative research studies in LIS from the perspective of statistical methods and discover the change patterns of statistical method applications in LIS between 1999 and 2013.

The Role of Qualitative Research in Evidence-Based Practice

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Broeder ◽  
Ann Donze
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Specific Practice ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Practice Questions

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE ensures that the best care is provided to patients and families, and the results include improved patient outcomes and satisfaction. As nurses master evidence-based practice, they are faced with searching out the best evidence to support assessments and interventions, refine policies, and develop new practices. Determining what is strong evidence and what is not is a complex task. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods generate valuable knowledge for our practice; however, it is critical to identify which type of evidence provides the best answers for specific practice questions. Quantitative evidence provides the empiric knowing necessary for practice, and qualitative evidence supports the personal and experiential knowing critical for practice. Qualitative research presents its findings through participants’ words and stories, which are easily applied to nursing care practices. Nurses are attracted to qualitative research because its methods and findings often emulate the art of nursing practice, where understanding the whole patient and knowing patients individually matters. Yet qualitative research has not always been considered sound evidence for practice.1 It has been accorded lesser importance than quantitative research, which has been the gold standard. Researchers are working to justify the importance of qualitative research to clinicians and fellow researchers and to identify its role in evidence-based practice.2,3

Using Qualitative Methods in a Quantitative Survey Research Agenda

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinsey Gimbel ◽  
Jocelyn Newsome
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Or Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

This article suggests how qualitative methods can be useful in a quantitative survey research agenda and highlights the boundaries that must be considered to make such methods meet scientific standards. It first explains what qualitative research is and how it differs from quantitative research, then discusses four phases of the survey research process in which qualitative methods can be used with traditional survey research methods to both improve a survey’s design or methodology and better understand and illustrate survey findings. It also reviews three primary qualitative methodologies for structuring and implementing qualitative research: focus groups, in-depth interviews, and cognitive interviews. The article concludes with specific guidance on best practices for conducting qualitative research, from developing a comprehensive research plan to reporting the results of the survey, as well as ethical issues that should be considered.

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