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What is a paradigm?

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  • patterns of belief or general assumptions
  • sets of philosophical underpinnings from which research approaches follow
  • (research traditions, world views, methodologies)
  • provide viewpoint, process and principles –> investigation conducted and interpreted
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What are the paradigms in nursing research?

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Quantitative and Qualitative

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What are other words for quantitative?

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positivism (empiricism), post positivism

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What are other words used for qualitative?

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  • Interpretive and constructivism (underpinned by these)

- critical social theory

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Use the example of red to describe the 2 paradigms

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Quantitatively:
-measured objectively (wavelengths)
-accept something if it can be objectively measured
Qualitatively:
-wish to know what red means regardless of an objective definition
-subjective view

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Quantitative strengths?

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  • generalisability
  • description and prediction
  • objective
  • varifiable
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Quantitative limitations?

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  • context stripping
  • explanation needed
  • value-free oobservations not possible
  • absolute truth rarely established
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Qualitative strengths?

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  • articulates voices of pps
  • deliberately subjective
  • multiple realities
  • seeks understanding and shared meaning
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Qualitative limitations?

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  • may ignore risk factors
  • less objective (may not discriminate important patterns)
  • less explanatory power
  • theorising limited