CH 17 - Exam 2

Question 1

___ (qual/quan) researcher has conflicting databases about how to judge the quality of research

Answer 1

qualitative

Question 2

Trustworthiness is a term used for ___ in qualitative studies

Answer 2

quality

Question 3

What are the 5 components of trustworthiness? (broad)

Answer 3

• credibility
• dependability
• confirmability
• transferability
• authenticity

Question 4

Credibility is the measure of ___ in the data and how it is ___. Looks at the way the study was ___ to demonstrate the findings are ____ and taking steps to demonstrate credibility to ___ ___

Answer 4

• truth
• interpreted
• preformed
• believable
• external readers

Question 5

Dependability related to the ability of the study findings to be ___ in ___ ___. If a study is not dependable then it is not ___

Answer 5

• repeated
• similar circumstance
• credible

Question 6

Confirmability is making sure the data reflect the ___ ___ rather then the researchers ___

Answer 6

• participants view

- bias

Question 7

___ is the ability for the results to be applied or assumed in other settings

Answer 7

transferability

Question 8

Authenticity is the ability for readers to get a true sense of participants ___ ____ and reflects the ability of the researcher to truthfully show a ___ of ___ realities

Answer 8

• lived experiences
• range
• different

Question 9

What are 3 data collection strategies to increase quality

Answer 9

• prolonged engagement
• persistent observation
• reflexivity

Question 10

prolonged engagement is the investment of ___ ___ collecting data to have an ____ ___; it supports ___ ___ to get ___ information

Answer 10

• sufficient time
• in-depth understanding
• building rapport
• rich

Question 11

persistent observation refers to the researchers ___ on the ___ of a situation that are relevant to the phenomena being studied

Answer 11

• focus

- aspects

Question 12

Reflexivity is the ability of a researcher to be mindful of their own ___ during ___ ___, ___, and ____ (3 parts of the research process)
What is a technique that can help with this so the researcher can remain objective?

Answer 12

• bias
• data collection, analysis, interpretation
• reflexive journaling

Question 13

___ is the clearest strategy that addresses researcher bias

Answer 13

reflexivity

Question 14

Triangulation, an audit trail, and a member check are all strategies for what part of the research process

Answer 14

data collection

Question 15

Triangulation uses ___ referent(s) to draw conclusions about what constitutes __ and seeks to overcome ___ ___

Answer 15

• multiple
• truth
• intrinsic bias

Question 16

What are the 2 subcategories for triangulation

Answer 16

• data

- method

Question 17

Describe the 3 factors in data triangulation

Answer 17

• time : collect data at different times from the same person
• space : collect data at different sites
• person : used different types of people with different roles

Question 18

Describe method triangulation

Answer 18

gather data through different methods : interviews, observation, document, etc

Question 19

An audit trial is the collection of what 4 things?

What is the goal of this

Answer 19

• 1. raw data
• 2. methodological notes
• 3. topic guidelines
• 4. drafts created by the researcher
• Goal : allow another investigator to assess the data and draw conclusions

Question 20

What is member checking

Answer 20

• going back to the participants, describing the themes identified and seeing if they agree

Question 21

What are 5 strategies related to coding?

Answer 21

• investigation triangulation
• disconfirming cases
• negative case analysis
• peer debriefing
• inquiry audit

Question 22

What is investigatory triangulation

Answer 22

using multiple researcher for data collection, coding, and analysis

Question 23

Disconfirming cases is a process of looking for evidence that ___ the themes identified

Answer 23

contradicts

Question 24

Negative case analysis is when researchers ___ for cases that ___ finding to revise their ____ in an effort to have an interpretation that is ___ for all cases

Answer 24

• search
• contradict
• interpretations
• true

Question 25

Peer debriefing presents data collected to who?
What parts of the research are questioned?
This is used to identify what 2 things?

Answer 25

• other experts in the field
• they probe the data and interpretations
• see if anything was miss or evidence of bias is present

Question 26

An inquiry occurs after an ___ ___ is preformed

Answer 26

audit trial

Question 27

During an inquiry an ___ reviewer examines the audit trial for ___ and ___

Answer 27

• external
• trustworthiness
• findings

Question 28

What are 2 strategies to presentation

Answer 28

• think description

- researcher credibility

Question 29

What is think description

Answer 29

you should probably think about describing your study well so people can understand what tf you’re talking about

Question 30

Researcher credibility is the reflection of the ___, ___, and ___ of the researchers

Answer 30

• qualification
• experiences
• reflexivity

Question 31

How is researcher credibility used in the study? (2)

Answer 31

• by describing the researcher in the study

- associations the researcher has w/ the participants

Question 32

What can increase the researcher credibility

Answer 32

an efforts to address reflexivity