qualitative research

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Qualitative research is useful when

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little is known about a subject or problem

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Samples in qualitative studies are:

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usually small.

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Qualitative researchers believe that:

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the social world is constructed through human activity.

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A methodological approach that studies the lived experience of individuals is:

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phenomenology.

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Deborah Ward’s study of students’ experience of infection control in clinical placements was:

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a general qualitative approach

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Qualitative samples:

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do not need to represent the population from which they came.

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The strongest sampling strategy in Qualitative Research is

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purposive

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The sample size in qualitative research is BEST determined by:

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data saturation.

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Purposive sampling involves:

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selecting participants who can give you the most information.

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There are a number of different ways to select a sample in qualitative studies and many different words and phrases to describe the…

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approaches

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The weakest form of sampling is ? sampling

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convenience

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While convenience sampling can be useful when the researcher begins a study, it should ideally be followed by

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purposive

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Another sampling approach involves asking ? to identify people they know with a similar experience so that they can be approached to take part in the study.

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participants

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asking participants to identify people they know with a similar experience so that they can be approached to take part in the study is known as ? sampling

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snowball

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Another type of ? is used by grounded theorists, and is described as ? sampling

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sampling, theoretical

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They use this approach to find participants to help them to develop and ‘test out’ emerging ? about the issue being researched.

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theory

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Deborah Ward used yet another approach in her paper about student nurses’ experiences of ? control.

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infection

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She described this as ? sampling.

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non-probability volunteer

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Observations can be recorded using:

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all of the above?

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An interview topic guide is:

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a set of headings that guides the discussion.

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Focus groups can be useful:

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to encourage discussion about a topic

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The OPTIMAL size for a focus group is:

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8-10

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Deborah Ward collected the data for her study using:

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semi-structured interviews.

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Which of the following is NEVER an aim of qualitative data analysis:

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to attribute cause.

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In qualitative data analysis:

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counting can be useful.

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Software packages in qualitative data analysis:

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help with organizing the data.

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Which of the following did Deborah Ward use to analyze her data?

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framework analysis.

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Qualitative data analysis has a number of aims. An overall aim of all data analysis, be it ? or quantitative is data ?

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qualitative

reduction

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This makes reams of data more ? and helps the researcher to see what is there.

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manageable

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Another aim of qualitative data analysis can be to generate ? or questions that can then be tested using ? methods.

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hypothesis

quantative

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This is not the case with all qualitative research, however, the findings of which can sometimes be an end in ?

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themselves

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Ethnographers tend to simply ? the data.

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describe

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They do this in great detail which is often referred to as ? or ‘thick’ description.

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rich

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The aim of data analysis for grounded theorists is a step beyond this which is to develop ?

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theory

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If this is not in evidence in the paper or report from the study, it is not a ? theory!

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grounded

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An audit trail is:

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the decisions made by the researcher to reach the conclusions presented.

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Triangulation involves

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researching the topic from different perspectives.

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It is important to present quotes from:

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a variety of participants

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In a qualitative paper you would expect the relationship between the researcher and participants to be

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described

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Qualitative researchers prefer to use alternatives to the terms validity and ? that are used to assess the ? of ? studies.

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reliability
rigor
quantitative

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In fact, some qualitative researchers prefer to use the term ? in preference to rigour.

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trustworthiness

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For reliability, or ‘repeatability’ in quantitative research, ? researchers use the term ?.

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qualitative

dependability

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For internal validity (the extent to which a tool measures what is purports to ?, qualitative researchers use the term ?

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measure

credability

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For generalisability (also known as external validity) qualitative researchers use the term ?

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transferability

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Even the term objectivity is contested in qualitative research, which is highly interpretive. The preferred term is ?

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confirmability