Users guide to medical lit

Question 1

3 ways to assess qualitative research

Answer 1

1. are results credible/valid
2. what are results?
3. how can this help me care for my patients?

Question 2

4 uses of purposive sampling

Answer 2

1. cover a wide range of potentially relevant social phenomena and perspectives
2. selection criteria varies over time
3. aims to represent: typical, unusual, critica, or politically important
4. convenience sampling - not ideal, but easiest

Question 3

2 types of observation

Answer 3

1. direct

2. indirect - AV recordings

Question 4

2 types of direct obs.

Answer 4

1. nonparticipant - fly on the wall

2. participant - more direct involvement

Question 5

what is key to obs. type?

Answer 5

does the particpation influence the research

Question 6

3 general types of qual. data collection

Answer 6

1. observation
2. interviews/survey
3. document analyses - charts, journals etc

Question 7

4 ways to tell data is comprehensive and rich enough

Answer 7

1. needs to have breadth (types of obs.) and depth (extent of each obs)
2. iterative - analyses generate new questions
3. data is as representative of pop. as possible
4. records of personal thoughts to help isolate personal bias

Question 8

def. theoretical saturation

Answer 8

iteration continues until theory is well developed and further obs. does not generate more data

Question 9

what is triangulation

Answer 9

corroborated using multiple sources of information

Question 10

2 types of triangulation

Answer 10

1. investigator - more than one investigator examine data

2. theory - emergent findings are corroborated with existing social theories