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Bull, Margaret J. – Nursing and Health Care, 1992
An applied clinical research course helped nursing students acquire an understanding of research and its relationship to clinical practice. The course contrasted qualitative and quantitative methods, addressed ethical issues, and involved students in interviewing older adults about health behavior. (SK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nursing Education, Qualitative Research, Student Research
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Rolfe, Gary – Nurse Education Today, 2002
Because true diversity challenges dominant discourses, those in power attempt to assimilate competing discourses in the name of diversity. An example is the judging of qualitative research proposals by the rules of quantitative research, which inevitably disadvantages qualitative research. (Contains 21 references. Includes commentary by Dawn…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Discourse Analysis, Diversity (Institutional), Nursing
Duffy, Mary E. – Nursing and Health Care, 1988
Meta-analysis is a rigorous and formal methodology for drawing conclusions about a body of research surrounding a particular conceptual focus. Its appropriate use depends on making the underlying assumptions of the technologies explicit. (JOW)
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis