The conceptual framework and the iterative elements of doctoral nursing research design
Author(s) -
Stewart Piper,
Peter Stokes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nurse researcher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2047-8992
pISSN - 1351-5578
DOI - 10.7748/nr.2020.e1683
Subject(s) - transparency (behavior) , nursing research , iterative and incremental development , research design , process (computing) , computer science , conceptual framework , management science , engineering ethics , epistemology , sociology , nursing , medicine , software engineering , engineering , social science , philosophy , computer security , operating system
Conceptual frameworks are central to doctoral nursing theses; they include the pragmatic and philosophical elements of the research design and their interrelationships. While the research process may seem to stem in a straightforward, linear manner from the research question, it is a more complex iterative enterprise.
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