Biomaterial Database

Qualitative research proposals and reports. 1993

C O Boyd, and P L Munhall

In essence, a well-developed qualitative proposal provides: 1. A clear statement that specifies the phenomenon to be studied; 2. Documentation of a need for study, with specification of the significance of the study for nursing (or social science in general); 3. Acknowledgement of the researcher's a priori orientation(s) and perspective(s) with articulated questions about the attendant presuppositions; 4. Identification of the qualitative approach with a rationale for its selection; 5. Specification of the design with attention to: a. what data are sought, b. how and when those data will be solicited, c. how relationships with research participants will be initiated, maintained, and terminated, d. how data will be managed, e. how data will be analyzed and related to preexisting knowledge, f. how findings will be reported.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010934	Planning Techniques	Procedures, strategies, and theories of planning.	Planning Theories,Methodology, Planning,Planning Methodology,Planning Technic,Planning Methodologies,Planning Technics,Planning Technique,Planning Theory,Technic, Planning,Technique, Planning,Theory, Planning
D012107	Research Design	A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.	Experimental Design,Data Adjustment,Data Reporting,Design, Experimental,Designs, Experimental,Error Sources,Experimental Designs,Matched Groups,Methodology, Research,Problem Formulation,Research Methodology,Research Proposal,Research Strategy,Research Technics,Research Techniques,Scoring Methods,Adjustment, Data,Adjustments, Data,Data Adjustments,Design, Research,Designs, Research,Error Source,Formulation, Problem,Formulations, Problem,Group, Matched,Groups, Matched,Matched Group,Method, Scoring,Methods, Scoring,Problem Formulations,Proposal, Research,Proposals, Research,Reporting, Data,Research Designs,Research Proposals,Research Strategies,Research Technic,Research Technique,Scoring Method,Source, Error,Sources, Error,Strategies, Research,Strategy, Research,Technic, Research,Technics, Research,Technique, Research,Techniques, Research
D014956	Writing	The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
D015404	Nursing Methodology Research	Research carried out by nurses concerning techniques and methods to implement projects and to document information, including methods of interviewing patients, collecting data, and forming inferences. The concept includes exploration of methodological issues such as human subjectivity and human experience.	Methodology Research, Nursing,Research, Nursing Methodology,Clinical Methodology Research, Nursing,Nursing Methodological Issues Research