Is qualitative research scientific, or merely relevant?

Uses of qualitative research, or so what good is it?

What is qualitative research ?

Trisha Greenhalgh, senior lecturera ([email protected])⇑, Rod Taylor, senior lecturerb Unit for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London Medical School/Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Whittington Hospital, London N19 5NF Exeter and Devon Research and Development Support Unit, Postgraduate Medical School, Wonfo...

Qualitative research is evidence, too.

With the current emphasis on accountability for outcomes and the need for objective evaluation of efficacy of interventions, physiotherapists are increasingly using evidence from research as a source of information to support clinical decision making. The concept of evidencebased practice has been adopted widely in physiotherapy with much work devoted to encouraging the transfer of research res...

β-Glucan – Is the Current Research Relevant?

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Approximately 20% of all deaths in the United States are caused by cancer. It has become clear that most cancers have external causes and, in principle, should be preventable. There is accumulating evidence suggesting that the composition of the diet significantly impacts our immune system. Therefore, changing dietary composition as a tool to improv...

Causal Explanation, Qualitative Research, and Scientific Inquiry in Education

Amajor effort to establish “scientifically-based research” (SBR) in education has been under way for some time (Feuer, Towne, & Shavelson, 2002). Key manifestations of this effort are found in the No Child Left Behind Act and the reauthorization and reorganization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement as the Institute for Educational Science (Eisenhart & Towne, 2003). The most d...