Justifying Knowledge, Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Research

Morally justifying oncofertility research.

Is research aimed at preserving the fertility of cancer patients morally justified? In response to this question, some people would resoundingly answer “yes.” Many oncofertility researchers and some survivors of cancer who are now infertile would probably react this way. But others might say “no,” in particular people who worry about the just distribution of scarce resources, the risks to patie...

AM last page: A guide to research paradigms relevant to medical education.

Suggestions for further reading: • Bunniss S, Kelly DR. Research paradigms in medical education research. Med Educ. 2010;44:358-366. • Carter SM, Little M. Justifying knowledge, justifying method, taking action: Epistemologies, methodologies and methods in qualitative research. Qual Health Res. 2007;17:1316-1328. • Illing J. Thinking About Research: Frameworks, Ethics and Scholarship. Edinburgh...

Justifying Equality

We consider the problem of finding irredundant bases for inconsistent sets of equalities and disequalities. These are subsets of inconsistent sets which do not contain any literals which do not contribute to the unsatisfiability in an essential way, and can therefore be discarded. The approach we are pursuing here is to decorate derivations with proofs and to extract irredundant sets of assumpt...

Justifying Induction and Altruism

Justifying Investments in It

Traditional accounting techniques such as return on investment and net present value are often used when deciding investments in information technology. We examined both academic and trade literature to determine the utility of such techniques and to recognize alternatives. Findings reveal that this survey is needed and is important for information systems managers facing heightened scrutiny of...