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Artful design: Writing the proposal for research in the naturalist paradigm
Author(s) -
Sandelowski Margarete,
Davis Diane Holditch,
Harris Betty Glenn
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770120204
Subject(s) - naturalism , negotiation , nursing research , research design , research center , research proposal , naturalistic observation , center (category theory) , engineering ethics , sociology , psychology , epistemology , medicine , nursing , social science , engineering , philosophy , social psychology , chemistry , pathology , crystallography
Abstract The preparation of the research proposal for a study that involves an emergent research design compels the investigator to negotiate the paradox of planning what should not be planned in advance. This paper is a guide to writing the proposal for research in the naturalist paradigm, and includes illustrative sections of a proposal recently funded by the National Center for Nursing Research.