Booth, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-3880, Carroll, C., Ilott, I. et al. (2 more authors) (2013) Desperately Seeking Dissonance: Identifying the Disconfirming Case in Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 23 (1). pp. 126-141. ISSN 1049-7323
Abstract
Actively seeking the disconfirming or deviant case is properly regarded as a hallmark of trustworthiness in primary qualitative research. The need to subject emergent theory to such testing is no less important within qualitative systematic reviews. There is, as yet, little available guidance on how to implement such strategies. Few researchers have described the practicalities of seeking the disconfirming case. We survey the methodological literature to gain a better understanding of how systematic reviews of qualitative research handle the disconfirming case. We reflect on our own experience from three recent qualitative evidence syntheses. We describe how reviewers might actively manufacture opportunities to identify discrepant or refutational findings. We conclude by outlining possible methods by which a team might integrate active seeking of a disconfirming case within the overall review process.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 by SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Qualitative Health Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | meta-ethnography; metasynthesis; research, qualitative; systematic reviews; triangulation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2016 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2018 00:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732312466295 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1049732312466295 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99440 |