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Dipping Qualitative Toes into a Quantitative Worldview: Methodological Manoeuvres in a Multicultural Context

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Radiography is a health science with rich opportunities for qualitative research, yet only 5 % of published research in radiography is qualitative. This chapter maps the journey of one radiography researcher who used comparative ethnography to study the sociological underpinnings of radiographic practice in seven countries. She encountered issues and pitfalls that needed to be overcome in terms of not only methodology but also practice. The researcher was obliged to justify a qualitative approach to the profession in order to access the varying cultural and socioeconomic data collection sites. The insider status of the researcher became a critical element in the interpretation of certain professional behaviours in a variety of contextual cultural influences.

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  1. School of Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia/Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Cynthia Cowling

  2. School of Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

    Celeste Lawson

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  1. School of Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia

    Bobby Harreveld

  2. School of Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

    Mike Danaher

  3. North Rockhampton Campus, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

    Celeste Lawson

  4. Central Queensland University , Townsville, Queensland, Australia

    Bruce Allen Knight

  5. Central Queensland University, Rockhampton North, Queensland, Australia

    Gillian Busch

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Cowling, C., Lawson, C. (2016). Dipping Qualitative Toes into a Quantitative Worldview: Methodological Manoeuvres in a Multicultural Context. In: Harreveld, B., Danaher, M., Lawson, C., Knight, B., Busch, G. (eds) Constructing Methodology for Qualitative Research. Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59943-8_3

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