class 17 Flashcards
what is qualitative research
a systematic, subjective approach used to describe life experiences and give them meaning
-flexible and evolving yet systematic and precise process that requires high skill in conceptualization, imaginative reasoning and elegant expression
qualitative research and causality
-useful in understanding human experience
-many qualitative researchers contend that the evidence hierachy is problematic
-often placed at the base
-qualitative argued to be valuable in exploring/establishing causality in some cases
the purpose of qualitative research, key words in a qualitative title
explore, examine, develop, describe
the logic of qualitative research
-focuses on understanding the whole
-consistent with holistic philosophy of nursing
-means of exploring depth, richness, and complexity of phenomena
characteristics of qualitative research
-design is flexible and elastic
-uses various methods
-holistic
-focus is on understanding, not making predictions
-requires researcher to become intensely involved
-considers other ways of knowing (i.e. cultural aspects used)
-generally inductive
-researcher cannot stay detached and objective
-ongoing data analysis
-pushes researcher to develop a model of “what is going on”
-researcher’s role and perceptions incorporated
reality within qualitative design
-there is no single reality
-reality is based on perception and is different for each person
-a person’s perception of reality changed over time
frameworks for qualitative studies
-frameworks used in a different sense in qualitative
-goal of qual is not testing a theory
-goal may be theory development
-each type of qual res is guided by a particular philosophical stance
-NO hypothesis in qual, only “goals”
-no external validity
philosophical base of a qualitative study directs:
-questions asked
-observations made
-approach to interpretation of data
findings from qualitative studies
-meaning of a phenomenon
-can give insight that can be applied more broadly
-inform nursing practice
-aid in theory development for building nursing knowledge
approaches to qualitative research
-interpretive descriptive
-ethnography
-phenomenology
-grounded theory
-historical
-critical
-feminist
ethnography approach to QR
-developed by anthropologists
-study of cultures
-seeks to understand people->ways of living, believing, adapting
interpretive descriptive approach to QR
-aligns with constructivist and naturalistic oreintation to inquiry
-often utilized to generate knowledge relevant for the clinical context
goal of interpretive descriptive approach
-to address complex experiential questions while producing practical outcomes
focus of interpretive descriptive approach
-systematic and rigarous approaches to data colletion (generation) and analysis
-using open-ended exploratory questions
-coming to a descriptive-interpretive understanding of experiences and observations by carefully representing their meaning
-reflexivity on the part of the researcher
ethnographic philosophy - culture
-a way of life belonging yo a designated group of people
-guides a group’s thoughts, actions, and sentiments
-all the accumulated ways a group of people solve problems
-reflected in language, dress, food, traditions, customs
ethnographic philosophy - material culture
all created objects
ethnographic philosophy - nonmaterial culture
-symbols
-network of social relations
-beliefs
-ideals
ethnographic research - purpose
-describe a culture
-study people’s origin, past ways of living, ways of surviving
-discover the many parts of a whole culture and how they are interrelated