Qualitative Research Flashcards
What general topics does qualitative research cover?
thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views, lifestyles
What is the qualitative research process?
collection, analysis, interpretation of narrative data to gain insights into a phenomenon of interest
What is the purpose of qualitative research?
to promote a deep and holistic understanding
What is the DESCRIPTIVE METHOD about?
- current phenomenon
- answering a hypothesis
- determining and describing participants and contexts
What are the different types of descriptive methods?
- case
- survey
- assessment and educational study
- comparative
- correlational
- trace
- trends and projection
- documentary
What is a CASE STUDY?
detailed and in-depth, few respondents, lengthy procedure
What is a SURVEY?
gathering relatively limited data from a large number of cases
What are the different types of surveys?
- total population
- sample
- public
- school
- poll
- market
- community
- job analysis
- cross-sectional
- longitudinal
- comparative
What is a TOTAL POPULATION survey about?
surveying an entire population
What is a SAMPLE survey about?
surveying a subset of the population
What is a PUBLIC/SOCIAL survey about?
opinion of the public, news
What is a SCHOOL survey about?
surveying students, staff, parents
What does a POLL entail?
one question to test satisfaction
What is a MARKET survey about?
surveying consumers and employees
Who carries out COMMUNITY surveys?
nurses