Journal article
Making Meaning: The Creative Component in Qualitative Research
Qualitative health research, Vol.12(3), pp.388-398
03/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116564
PMID: 11918103
Abstract
Findings in qualitative research are often wondrous and exciting, expounding new knowledge and perceptions previously unknown. Qualitative research requires the researcher to ponder and reflect on the data collected so as to find the meaning within. Helping researchers learn how to perform this step is not well discussed in the qualitative literature, yet this is one of the more crucial components of this type of research. In this article, the incubation, the meaning-making phase of qualitative research, is discussed in relation to the experiences of five researchers who have used traditional processes, models, metaphors, plays, pastiche, poetry, and quilt making and design to help them make meaning.
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- Title
- Making Meaning: The Creative Component in Qualitative Research
- Creators
- Anita Hunter - Clemson University, South CarolinaPaula Lusardi - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, AmherstDonna Zucker - University of MassachusettsCynthia Jacelon - University of MassachusettsGenevieve Chandler - University of Massachusetts
- Publication Details
- Qualitative health research, Vol.12(3), pp.388-398
- Academic Unit
- WSU Vancouver
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA
- Identifiers
- 99900548390901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article