title: Hearing discordant voices: some notes on using Bayes's theorem in interpretive inquiry.
abstract: The focus of these brief comments is to argue that Bayes's theorem may have conceptual and pedagogical applications for qualitative analysis. We suggest that the theorem is a salient alternative voice for the development of sensitizing concepts. It is also proposed that the theorem is a useful heuristic for raising deep-structure issues such as the nature of qualitative evidence and how such evidence becomes confirming for a given claim.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fredericks
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design