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Objectivity in nursing research: observations and objections

M Avis1

  • 1Division of Postgraduate Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, UK. mark.avis@nottingham.ac.uk

International Journal of Nursing Studies
|October 28, 1998
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This study questions nursing research trends challenging objectivity. It argues for a nuanced view of objectivity that allows valuable human subject research without embracing relativism.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Research Methodology
  • Philosophy of Science

Background:

  • Recent nursing research methodology trends challenge traditional notions of scientific objectivity.
  • These trends question the idea of factual, value-free study of objective reality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the critique of objectivity in science within nursing research.
  • To propose a conceptualization of objectivity suitable for human subject research.
  • To argue against the rejection of conventional objectivity in favor of new research paradigms.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of existing literature on objectivity in science.
  • Philosophical examination of research paradigms in nursing.
  • Argumentative approach to support a specific conceptualization of objectivity.

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Main Results:

  • Identified trends in nursing research that challenge scientific objectivity.
  • Proposed a conceptualization of objectivity that accommodates research on human subjects.
  • Argued that a rejection of objectivity does not justify new research paradigms.

Conclusions:

  • A nuanced understanding of objectivity is compatible with rigorous nursing research on human subjects.
  • Relativist views of human knowledge are not necessitated by critiques of absolute objectivity.
  • Conventional objectivity, when appropriately understood, remains a valid foundation for nursing research.