Concept analysis: Some limitations and possible solutions

Concepts are the basic building blocks of scientific knowledge or theoretical frameworks for any discipline. The strength of the theories that guide a discipline is dependent on the quality of the concept analysis. Thus, the utilisation of poorly understood concepts in research and theory developmen...

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Main Author:	A. Botes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2002-09-01
Series:	Curationis
Online Access:	https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/779

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spelling	doaj-afda0bd00889414fa3abb8cc8802d8b22020-11-25T01:09:32ZengAOSISCurationis0379-85772223-62792002-09-01253232710.4102/curationis.v25i3.779666Concept analysis: Some limitations and possible solutionsA. Botes0Rand Afrikaans UniversityConcepts are the basic building blocks of scientific knowledge or theoretical frameworks for any discipline. The strength of the theories that guide a discipline is dependent on the quality of the concept analysis. Thus, the utilisation of poorly understood concepts in research and theory development will result in questionable reliability and validity. Concept analysis is associated with the research design of philosophical inquiry. The purpose of philosophical inquiry is to perform research using intellectual analysis to clarify meaning. Traditionally, no empirical (qualitative or quantitative) investigations were used to clarify the meaning of concepts. The lack of empirical investigation to clarify concepts, results in certain limitations in the methodology of concept analysis.https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/779
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description	Concepts are the basic building blocks of scientific knowledge or theoretical frameworks for any discipline. The strength of the theories that guide a discipline is dependent on the quality of the concept analysis. Thus, the utilisation of poorly understood concepts in research and theory development will result in questionable reliability and validity. Concept analysis is associated with the research design of philosophical inquiry. The purpose of philosophical inquiry is to perform research using intellectual analysis to clarify meaning. Traditionally, no empirical (qualitative or quantitative) investigations were used to clarify the meaning of concepts. The lack of empirical investigation to clarify concepts, results in certain limitations in the methodology of concept analysis.
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Concept analysis: Some limitations and possible solutions

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