Moccia P
Department of Nursing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 1988 Jul;10(4):1-9. doi: 10.1097/00012272-198807000-00003.
One resolution to the debate about whether quantitative or qualitative methods are appropriate or adequate for nursing's research concerns has been to argue that either or both are legitimate, depending on the research problem. This article suggests that the overt debate is a manifestation of more fundamental differences over ontologies, epistemologies, values, and intentions, and that the compromise solutions mask basic issues that nursing needs to address as nursing science is advanced. Several of the hidden choices in the debate about methods are made explicit, and their implications for nursing practice are identified.
关于定量或定性方法对于护理研究关注点是否合适或充分的争论，一种解决办法是主张，根据研究问题，两者之一或两者都是合理的。本文表明，公开的争论是在本体论、认识论、价值观和意图方面更根本差异的一种表现，并且这种折中的解决方案掩盖了随着护理科学发展护理需要解决的基本问题。关于方法的争论中一些隐藏的选择被揭示出来，并确定了它们对护理实践的影响。
