Dear Victor and others
I was interested to see the statement that triangulation is important in
qualitative studies. Having carried out a small piece of qualitative
research last year, I have come across quite a lot of literature
(particularly in the nursing journals) arguing against what they see as
'method slurring'.
It seems to me that there are certain qualitative methodologies -
phenomenology springs to mind - that seem to demand (on the part of the
researcher) a near spiritual connection with the data.
My favourite description of 'how to do' phenomenological data analysis
is this one (by Munhall, 1994):
"Listen to the experience [of the interviewee] ... Feel the experience
... Be unknowing ... Become one with the experience ... Raise our
consciousness: the ordinary now becomes wondrous and extraordinary ...
Feel amazed ... Feel puzzled ... Begin to understand the difference as
'real'."
Maybe it's just me . Maybe I have no imagination.
Gail.
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