research midterm Flashcards
What is qualitative research?
Qualitative data is the descriptive and conceptual findings collected through questionnaires, interviews, or observation. They are descriptions and explanations of processes in identifiable local contexts.
Describe a received worldview.
Hard sciences
One truth
Reality, truth, and facts from an objective and ahistorical viewpoint
empiricism/positivism
Describe a perceived worldview.
Multiple truths
Reality/truths/facts are considered with regard to history and in Context to subjectivity
Description and understanding
Historicism/phenomenology
Describe a postmodernism/postcolonialism worldview.
Contextual meaning: narration
Contextual, political, and structural analysis
Macroanalysis of different views
UNcovering opposing views
What is an ontology in research?
“What is reality?”
Ontology is a system of belief that reflects an interpretation of an individual about what constitutes a fact.
- what is the thing we’re researching?
- identifying population
What is epistemology in research?
“What and how can I know reality/knowledge?”
Your view of the world and of knowledge strongly influences our interpretation of data and therefore your philosophical standpoint should be made clear from the beginning.
- biases
- previous research done?
What is a theoretical perspective in research?
“What approach can we use to get knowledge?”
Structural framework, explanation, or tool that has been tested and evaluated over time.
- nursing theory/theories supporting the framework of the research
What is a methodology in research?
“What procedure can we use to acquire knowledge?”
The overarching strategy and rationale of your research project.
- mixed methods?
- survey research
- case study review
- action research
What is a method/method in research?
“What tools can we use to acquire knowledge?”
The specific tools and procedures you use to collect and analyze data.
- questionnaires
- interviews
- focus groups
What are sources in research?
“What data can we collect?”
Primary, secondary and tertiary sources of data.
What are sources in research?
“What data can we collect?”
Primary, secondary and tertiary sources of data.
Define subjectivism.
A theory that limits knowledge to subjective experience.
There is no ‘one’ truth to be discovered, truths are experienced and/or constructed.
Define constructivism and Interpretivism.
Aims to understnad and explain human and social reality, focuses on interpreting the social life world within its cultural context.
Inductive approach.
Produces highly contextualized qualitative data.
What components constitute a clinical question?
Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time. (PICOT).
What are the characteristics of a good research question?
- define the specific topic area
- review the relevant literature
- identify the potential significance of nursing
- reflect the feasibility of studying the research question
Describe the sampling procedure.
Step 1 - identify a target population
Step 2 - delineate the accessibly population
Step 3 - Develop a sampling plan
Step 4 - Obtain approval from research ethics board
What is inclusion and exclusion criteria?
Allows you to describe who/what will and will not be entered into your study
Name 3 examples of sampling strategies/approaches.
- purposeful sampling
- maximum variation sampling
- snowball (opportunistic) sampling
- homogenous sampling
- quota sampling
- convenience sampling
- theoretical sampling
What is the most frequently used sampling strategy?
Purposeful and purposive sampling
Sometimes called selective sampling
What is theoretical sampling?
Sampling method in which the data collection and analysis process occur concurrently.
- developed as part of Grounded Theory
What is maximum variation sampling?
Sampling method in which the researchers aim to choose the widest sample
What does it mean when a researcher have met data saturation?
The point in the research process when no new information is discovered in data analysis, and this redundancy signals to researchers that data collection may cease.
What are some ethical considerations when interviewing?
consent, privacy, confidentiality, topic, distress, and interview capabilities of participants.
What is the Declaration of Helsinki 1964?
The formal statement of ethical principles published by the World Medical Association (WMA) guides the protection of human participants in medical research.
Risks should not exceed benefits.
Informed consent is necessary.
What is the Belmont Report 1976?
Identifies basic ethical principles and guidelines that address ethical issues arising from the conduct of research with human subjects.
Name an example of risk or ethical issues in qualitative research.
Recruitment: undue inducement and coercion
Data collection: informed consent, emotional/physical risks, confidentiality, storage of data.
Dissemination: identifiable information
Consider if you’re dealing with a vulnerable population
Sensitive data
Anonymity
As a researcher, what documents are necessary for conducting research?
Protocol, invitation letter, participant information leaflet, consent form, tri-council ethics certificate.
What is the significance of community engagement in the research process of a study including an Indigenous population?
It’s a process that establishes an interaction between a researcher and the Indigenous community relevant to the research project.
It signifies the intent of forming a collaborative relationship between researchers and communities.
Describe the conceptual framework of Two-Eyed Seeing (Bartlett et al., 2012).
The gift of multiple perspectives.
A conceptual framework by elder Albert Marshal in 2004 unifying knowledge systems.
It is described as “learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and ways of knowing.
One of the primary foundations for evidence-based nursing practice is
A. Medical knowledge.
B. Research results.
C. Everyday health care.
D. Textbook information
B. Research results.
Within the process of providing evidence-based nursing care, which types of research results are incorporated to ascertain the plan of treatment?
A. Personal experiences and medical knowledge
B. Client values and medical knowledge
C. Personal experiences and client values
D. Medical knowledge and identified challenges
C. Personal experiences and client values
Research utilization has often been
A. Neglected in the literature.
B. Denied by publishers.
C. Reported in the literature.
D. Spurned by EBP.
C. Reported in the literature.