Resources

Student Resources

• Induction Session
• Workshop Evaluation Form (PDF 37.1 KB)
• Using theory as a framework for research (PDF 621.7 KB)
  (Sue Kilpatrick – June 2006)

Audit and decision making trails

• Expert qualitative researchers and the use of audit trails (PDF 98.1 KB)
  (Cutcliffe J.R. & McKenna H.P. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 45(2), 126–135)
• The good, the bad and the relative, part two: Goodness and the criterion problem in qualitative research (PDF 77.8 KB)
  (Emden C., Sandelowski M. (1999)International Journal of Nursing Practice 5, 2–7)
• Reconceptualising rigour: the case for reflexivity (PDF 89.1 KB)
  (Koch T. & Harrington A. (1998) Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(4), 882–890)
• Enhancing methodological clarity: principle-based concept analysis (PDF 76.6 KB)
  (Penrod J . & Hupcey J.E. (2005) Journal of Advanced Nursing 50(4), 403–409)
• Enhancing the quality of hermeneutic research: decision trail (PDF 79.0 KB)
  (Whitehead L. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 45(5), 512–518)

Rigour and validity

• Rigour and grounded theory research (PDF 86.2 KB)
  (Chiovitti R.F. & Piran N. (2003) Journal of Advanced Nursing 44(4), 427–435)
• Praiseworthy pragmatism? Validity and action research (PDF 86.1 KB)
  (Hope K.W. & Waterman H.A. (2003) Journal of Advanced Nursing 44(2), 120–127)
• Reconceptualising rigour: the case for reflexivity (PDF 89.1 KB)
  (Koch T. & Harringron A. (1998) Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(4), 882–890)
• Methodological rigour within a qualitative framework (PDF 86.8 KB)
  (Tobin G.A. & Begley C.M. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 48(4), 388–396)
• Validity in action research: a discussion on theoretical and practice issues encountered whilst using observation to collect data (PDF 71.2 KB)
  (Turnock C. & Gibson V. (2001) Journal of Advanced Nursing 36(3), 471–477)
• Story telling: is it really research? (PDF 93.0 KB)
  (Koch T. (1998) Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(6), 1182–1190)
• Establishing the credibility of qualitative research findings: the plot thickens (PDF 74.1 KB)
  (Cutcliffe J.R. & McKenna H.P. (1999) Journal of Advanced Nursing 30(2), 374–380)
• Reframing the evaluation of qualitative health research: reflections on a review of appraisal guidelines in the health sciences (PDF 91.5 KB)
  (Eakin J.M. & Mykhalovskiy E. (2002) Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9(2), 187–194)
• Understanding and evaluating qualitative research (PDF 167.4 KB)
  (Fossey E., Harvey C., McDermott F. & Davidson L. (2002) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 36, 717–732)
• Evaluation of qualitative research (PDF 59.9 KB)
  (Horsburgh D. (2003) Journal of Clinical Nursing 12, 307–312)
• Arguments for `British Pluralism' in qualitative health research (PDF 80.9 KB)
  (Johnson M., Long T. & White A. (2001) Journal of Advanced Nursing 33(2), 243–249)
• A New Foundation for Methodological Triangulation (PDF 79.1 KB)
  (Risjord M.W., Dunbar S.B. & Moloney M.F. (2002) Journal of Nursing Scholarship 34(3), 269–275)
• The Point of Triangulation (PDF 135.0 KB)
  (Thurmond V.A. (2001) Journal of Nursing Scholarship 33(3), 253-258)
• Developing a conceptual understanding of rural health practice (PDF 77.2 KB)
  (Bourke L., Sheridan C., Russell U., Jones G., DeWitt D. & Liaw S. (2004) Aust. J. Rural Health 12, 181–186)

A few online resources to get you started

Library Workshop Program

• Workshops
  University of Tasmania (note the times are to be confirmed)

Effective Academic Writing

• The Argument
  University of North Carolina