title: [Phenomenography--a way to do qualitative research].
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate theoretical principles, possibilities and limits of the qualitative research method called phenomenography. The article is based on a literature review. Phenomenography is a research methodology initiated by Ference Marton and his research group in Sweden in the 1970s. Unlike phenomenology, phenomenography is not a philosophical school. It is a pragmatic method for doing qualitative research. In phenomenography, the aim of research is to describe the qualitatively different ways in which people perceive the world around them (the second-order perspective). The most common method of data collection is thematic interviewing. The results are categories of description representing the different conceptions of a phenomenon found among a certain population. Phenomenography is a useful method for qualitative analyses. However, it has also been criticized for a static view of human thought--a criticism that points toward the risks of relying on a single method in qualitative research.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Simoila
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D009742:Nursing Theory
vernacular_title: Fenomenografia laadullisena tutkimusotteena.