Yes, Sarah. It makes an enormous amount of sense. I think we are
seeing results of the growing pains of the qual field. And, thank
you for reminding us that we might need a slightly deeper reply to
this questions.
Hope you are feeling better today and that you are finally getting
used to a Mac!
Harriet Meek
>followed this thread with interest yesterday but was unwell so didn't
>contribute - now here's my short but sweet contribution
>
>sometimes I wonder whether even using the term 'sampling' with all it's
>connotations can be construed as attempting to 'live up' to a quant
>standard, when really qual should be setting it's own. What does 'sampling'
>mean? How relevant is it to the qual endeavour when it is so associated
>with the positivistic tradition that you have explain for hours to someone
>why qualitative sampling is different?
>
>does this make any sense?
>
>Sarah Delaney
>Research Officer
>Health Services Research Centre
>Department of Psychology
>Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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