Qualitative Research

Question 1

Individuals in qualitative studies are referred to as _____________

Answer 1

participants

Question 2

__________________ are persons with extensive knowledge and influence in a culture

Answer 2

Key informants

Question 3

What type of interview contains a fixed set of questions and no fixed responses?

Answer 3

semistructured interview

Question 4

What type of interview contains open-ended questions?

Answer 4

unstructured interview

Question 5

______ are queries made by the researcher to obtain more information from the participant about a particular interview question

Answer 5

Probes

Question 6

____________ were designed to obtain the participants’ perceptions of a specific topic in a permissive and nonthreatening setting

Answer 6

Focus groups

Question 7

Focus groups are conducted by a ____________ or ___________

Answer 7

moderator or facilitator

Question 8

____________ is a fundamental method of gathering data for qualitative studies, especially ethnography studies

Answer 8

Observation

Question 9

____________ refers to both a philosophy and group of research methods congruent with the philosophy that guides the study

Answer 9

Phenomenology

Question 10

Nursing phenomenological researchers usually base their study designs on __________ or __________

Answer 10

Husserl or Heidegger

Question 11

Husserl’s focus was on the ________________ itself

Answer 11

phenomenon

Question 12

A phenomenological researcher examines an ___________ and provides interpretations that enhance the meaning

Answer 12

experience

Question 13

Heidegger believed that phenomenological researchers describe how participants have ___________ or ___________________ to their experiences

Answer 13

interpreted or given meaning

Question 14

_____________________________ involves analyzing the data and presenting a rich word picture of the phenomenon

Answer 14

Interpretative phenomenological research

Question 15

_________________ is an inductive technique that emerged from the discipline of sociology

Answer 15

Grounded theory research

Question 16

The theory is grounded in the _____________ based on data provided by participants

Answer 16

real world

Question 17

Most scholars base the grounded theory methodology on __________________________

Answer 17

symbolic interaction theory

Question 18

__________________________ developed symbolic interaction theory that explores how people define reality and how their beliefs are related to their actions

Answer 18

George Herbert Mead

Question 19

_______________________ was developed by anthropologists as a method to study how cultures develop and are maintained over time

Answer 19

Ethnographic research

Question 20

The __________ views the culture and behaviors from within the culture

Answer 20

emic approach

Question 21

The _________ is to view the culture as a naive outsider and analyze its elements as a researcher

Answer 21

etic approach

Question 22

The nurse who increased the visibility of ethnography in nursing was __________________

Answer 22

Madeleine Leininger

Question 23

_____________________ focuses mainly on observing and documenting interactions with people and how these daily life conditions and patterns are influencing human care

Answer 23

Ethnonursing research

Question 24

Researchers design __________________ studies to obtain information needed to develop a program or intervention for a specific group of patients

Answer 24

exploratory-descriptive qualitative studies