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The redundancy of positivism as a paradigm for nursing research
Abstract
New nursing researchers are faced with a smorgasbord of competing methodologies. Sometimes, they are encouraged to adopt the research paradigms beloved of their senior colleagues. This is a problem if those paradigms are no longer of contemporary methodological relevance. The aim of this paper was to provide clarity about current research paradigms. It seeks to interrogate the continuing viability of positivism as a guiding paradigm for nursing...
Paper Details
Title
The redundancy of positivism as a paradigm for nursing research
Published Date
Nov 15, 2018
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
1
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