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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 13-28Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13645570701401222
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The purpose of this article is to address the interpretive synthesis of qualitative research. The article discusses the potential to develop a 'meta-interpretation' approach which attempts to maintain an interpretive epistemology congruent with the majority of primary qualitative research. The article identifies and discusses a range of issues in the synthesis of interpretive qualitative research (objectivity, evaluation of studies, sampling, context, interpretation and integrity) that emerge from a review of nine research methods involving synthesis and a broader review of the research synthesis literature. Seven fundamental features of meta-interpretation are outlined and the meta-interpretation procedure is presented. In conclusion, the aims of synthesis procedures in general and meta-interpretation in particular are discussed.
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