Abstract

ALENCAR, Edvonete Souza de  and  ALMOULOUD, Saddo Ag. The research methodology: qualitative meta synthesis. Rev. Reflex [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.3, pp.204-220. ISSN 1982-9949.  https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v25i3.9731.

Qualitative meta-synthesis is one of the modalities of bibliographic research that carry out systematic reviews, being important for the search and definition of some aspects of the research area. It identifies the possible improvements that can be made in theories, methodologies and research trends, while also looking at which aspects need to be addressed and more explicit. The article presents the definition of what is qualitative metasynthesis mentioned by authors such as Vosgerau and Romanowski, Romanowski and Ens, Fiorentini, Maranhão and Manrique e Matheus. It addresses its benefits by highlighting the positive aspects of its achievement and its limitations. This is how this research methodology can be performed, showing some steps cited by author Matheus. It also proposes reflections bringing as some investigations carried out their investigations using this methodology of research.

Keywords : Methodology; Search; Qualitative meta-Synthesis..

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