Qualitative Research and the Generalizability Question: Standing Firm with Proteus

By M. Myers. 2000

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Qualitative studies are tools used in understanding and describing the world of human experience. Since we maintain our humanity throughout the research process, it is largely impossible to escape the subjective experience, even for the most seasoned of researchers. As we proceed through the research process, our humanness informs us and often directs us through such subtleties as intuition or 'aha' moments. Speaking about the world of human experience requires an extensive commitment in terms of time and dedication to process; however, this world is often dismissed as 'subjective' and regarded with suspicion. This paper acknowledges that small qualitative studies are not generalizable in the traditional sense, yet have redeeming qualities that set them above that requirement. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. This article is available in The Qualitative Report: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol4/iss3/9 Qualitative Research and the Generalizability Question: Standing Firm with Proteus by Margaret Myers, RN, BA, BscN, EdD (Cand). The Qualitative Report, Volume 4, Numbers 3/4, March, 2000 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR4-3/myers.html)

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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