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PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. Demi-regularity - see page 13: http://ramesesproject.org/media/Realist_reviews_training_materials.pdf Middle range theory - see page 3: http://ramesesproject.org/media/RAMESES_II_Theory_in_realist_evaluation.pdf Geoff On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 17:25, Shamiram Zendo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all > RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove > [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. > Hi, > > Is there a paper that explains the differences in more detail, which can > be shared with us? > > Shamiram Zendo, Ph.D. (Candidate.) > Health Information Science > Faculty of Information and Media Studies > Western University, London, ON, Canada > c. 519 643 6160 > e. [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards > <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Andrew Booth < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 11:57 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Tying myself in knots please help > > > PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all > RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove > [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. > I am sure that others can offer more reasoned and substantiated > explanations. > > For me a major difference is at the level of abstraction. Mid range > theories are further away from your study data than the demiregularities. > > To illustrate, a midrange theory relating to Trust could explain the > importance of the relationship between intermediaries such as Citizen > Advice Bureau staff and their clients and, in a completely different study, > between patients with unexplained medical symptoms and their GPs. > > Demiregularities would explain how in a variety of advice offering > settings Citizen Advice Bureau staff e.g. Housing support, employment > advice and consumer advice the staff member first has to establish a > climate of openness, followed by honest communication etc. > > In my mind demiregularities relate to patterns that exist across different > variations in context, population, intervention etc whereas mid range > theories persist across substantively different contexts. > > Be interested if others agree or explain differently. > > Best wishes > > Andrew > > > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:54 Black, Carrie-Ann < > [log in to unmask] wrote: > >> PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all >> RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove >> [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. >> >> Afternoon everyone, >> >> >> >> I would really appreciate peoples thoughts about the difference between >> demi-regularities and mid-range theories please. I am a part time PhD >> student and I’m getting myself all confused, what separates the two, when >> can a demi-regularity be actually considered a mid-range theory? Sorry if >> people have answered this before, looked from my Rameses emails and can’t >> seem to find a similar question. Thank you so much, I’ve hit a brick way! >> Bw >> >> Carrie-Ann >> To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join > To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join