From: Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt
Term | Definition |
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1st order construct | Constructs that reflect participants' understandings, as reported in the included studies (usually found in the results section of an article). |
2nd order construct | Interpretations of participants' understandings made by authors of these studies (and usually found in the discussion and conclusion section of an article). |
3rd order construct | The synthesis of both first and second order constructs into a new model or theory about a phenomenon |
Reciprocal translation | The comparison of themes across papers and an attempt to "match" themes from one paper with themes from another, ensuring that a key theme captures similar themes from different papers |
Line of argument synthesis | The development of a new model, theory or understanding by synthesising and interpreting first and second order themes found in the text. |