FINAL - qualitative research Flashcards
experimental/quantitative research gives you;
averages and probabilities about the very specific bit of knowledge the researchers looked at
point of qualitative research:
get the whole story/individual case
every clinician is a
qualitative researcher
analyses: qualitative
to understand what’s going on
INTERPRETIVE
analyses: experimental
to explain and predict what’s going on
INFERENTIAL statistics
EBP
clinical expertise
patient values & preferences
best research evidence
how to do qualitative research?
ask people (interviewing)
participating
observing
collect artifacts
read stories
systematic data collection ->
systematic interpretation -> thick/rich description
types of qualitative research
ethnography
grounded theory
phenomenology
conversation analysis
ethnography goal:
to describe a specific cultural environment
ethnography
immerse yourself in environment (e.g., ECI, nursing home, school class)
take notes from what you observe
make sense of it
grounded theory goal:
a data based theory of an observation (NOT a theory based one)
grounded theory
collect any type of data
code into themes to make sense of it
formulate theory
phenomenology goal:
to get a feel of what “it” is like for participants (patients)
phenomenology
collect data - mainly interviews
reformulate what you find to make it more evocative
