Hi Anna
Opinion pieces and commentary are fine for coming up with ideas as part of theory, but can't usually be used to test theory (unless perhaps it's a theory about opinions about a topic, I guess...)
Cheers
Gill
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Subject: use of commentary and opinion only paper in realist synthesis
Dear all
I am performing a realist synthesis and my search has obtained around 150 papers after title and abstract screening that seem as they may help me refine/refute my programme theory. However, on a brief scroll through, many are commentaries, review articles or opinion papers etc.
I just wondered what the usefulness of these types of non-empirical articles to a realist synthesis? Is there a place for them or not?
Thanks
Anna Richmond
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