Lee Polly
City University, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Paediatr Nurs. 2006 Apr;18(3):44-6. doi: 10.7748/paed2006.04.18.3.44.c1023.
This article aims to redress the confusion surrounding the meaning of research terms. While most textbooks outline the meanings of different research terms in a way that is very abstract for many readers, this article has taken the opposite approach. It outlines a fictitious scenario and uses it to explain some of the more common research terms from the naturalistic paradigm - research data collected within the natural setting such as an outpatients clinic or health centre, as opposed to a controlled laboratory setting. This type of research is often referred to as qualitative research.
本文旨在消除围绕研究术语含义的混淆。虽然大多数教科书以一种对许多读者来说非常抽象的方式概述了不同研究术语的含义，但本文采取了相反的方法。它概述了一个虚构的场景，并使用该场景来解释自然主义范式中的一些更常见的研究术语——在自然环境中收集的研究数据，如门诊诊所或健康中心，而不是在受控实验室环境中。这种类型的研究通常被称为定性研究。
