Internal coherence matters: Lessons for nutrition and dietetics research.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Internal coherence in research refers to the alignment between ontology (nature of reality), epistemology (nature of knowledge), axiology (values), methodology and methods and is an important but often overlooked element of research quality. We therefore aimed to illustrate the concept of internal coherence in nutrition and dietetics research, and its importance beyond individual elements of study quality.

Method

A targeted literature search in Nutrition and Dietetics was used to identify research illustrating one example of three main approaches to research (scientific, interpretive and critical inquiry) published between November 2017 and November 2020. Studies were included if they related to education research based on the expertise of the authors, and illustrated di

SUBMITTER: Palermo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8361966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature