Methoden vergleichen

	Protocol-based Meta-ethnography	Meta-Ethnographie
Fachgebiet	Szientometrie	Szientometrie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1988 (meta-ethnography); protocol-based practice formalised 2010s	1988
Urheber	Noblit & Hare (meta-ethnography); protocol registration formalised through PROSPERO and eMERGe guidance	George W. Noblit and R. Dwight Hare
Typ	Qualitative evidence synthesis with pre-registered protocol	Qualitative evidence synthesis method
Wegweisende Quelle	Noblit, G. W., & Hare, R. D. (1988). Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803930742	Noblit, G. W., & Hare, R. D. (1988). Meta-ethnography: Synthesizing qualitative studies. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803930780
Aliasnamen	pre-registered meta-ethnography, prospero meta-ethnography, registered qualitative synthesis, protocol-driven meta-ethnography	qualitative meta-synthesis, interpretive synthesis, ethnographic synthesis, meta-ethnographic review
Verwandt	5	4
Zusammenfassung	Protocol-based meta-ethnography is a structured qualitative evidence synthesis that follows Noblit and Hare's meta-ethnography method while requiring a pre-registered, publicly available protocol — typically on PROSPERO — before the review is conducted. Pre-registration constrains post-hoc decision-making, enhances methodological transparency, and aligns qualitative synthesis with the rigour standards now expected by leading journals and funders.	Meta-ethnography is a systematic method for synthesising findings across multiple qualitative studies by comparing and translating the conceptual frameworks and metaphors each study uses. Developed by Noblit and Hare in 1988, it produces a new interpretive account that goes beyond any single study, preserving the richness of qualitative data while generating broader theoretical insights. It is the most influential approach to qualitative evidence synthesis in health, social, and educational research.