NUR363 Week 7 Quiz: Qualitative and quantitative research designs Flashcards
Name the four major types of qualitative research designs found in nursing
research
- Phenomenology
- Grounded theory
- Ethnography
- Historical
Two broad purposes of research design are?
- Planned approach that best fits the research question
2. Ensures rigor and validity of results
What is the major consideration when critiquing research design in a journal
article?
How well the research design fit the question
If a research study is suggesting a test of relationships, it is a ________________
study design?
Quantitative
If a research study is suggesting an exploration of the human experience, it is a
_________________ study design?
Qualitative
State three things that research questions seek to achieve
- Describe or understand
- Connect, relate or link
- Manipulate or predict
One of the main characteristics of quantitative research is that it involves a close
relationship between the researcher and the participant.
True or false
False
Briefly describe phenomenology, ie it is a description
of____________________
Lived experience
Grounded Theory is concerned with?
Social processes
Developing theory
Ethnology is concerned with?
__________________
Cultures
Subcultures
State four main components of rigor in qualitative research
- Credibility / Trustworthiness
- Auditability - consistency
- Transferability - fittingness
- Confirmability - no bias
Why is rigor so important?
Need to know the methods are trustworthy and have confidence in the results
In quantitative research, the emphasis is on?
Objective observation
Accuracy
Control
Name four types of quantitative research studies
- Experimental
- Quasi - experimental
- Description
- Correlation
Time is important in ________________ research studies?
Quantitative
Briefly define:
Cross-sectional studies
One point in time data is collected
Briefly define:
Longitudinal studies
Data collected over a longer period of time
Briefly define:
Retrospective studies
Past events - (data collected)
Briefly define:
Prospective studies
Collect data as data occures
Why is control important is quantitative studies?
- to maximize results and minimize error
- Ensures validity of results and reduces variables
Briefly define:
Independent variable
Manipulated variable
= the cause
Briefly define:
Dependent variable
Measured variable
= the affect
Name two types of validity and briefly define each
- Internal - does the independent variable accurately measure what it said it would measure
- External - Validity deals with problems of generalisability
What is the research problem?
The gap in the knowledge
In nursing, where is the research problem generally derived from?
In our clinical practice and in theory
Briefly define hypothesis
A prediction of the relationships about 2 or more variables in the study
Name three sources of nursing research problems
- Clinical experience
- Nursing literature
- Social issues
What are the important things the background section of a research report
should tell us?
The type of study
Gap in the knowledge
General description of the health problem that starts off broad and narrows to be specific
