Week 3

Question 1

What is the purpose of a qualitative research?

Answer 1

• Explore a phenomenon that is not well understood.
  Give meaning to numbers.

Question 2

List out the types of qualitative research designs 5.

Answer 2

1. Descriptive qualitative
2. Grounded theory
3. Phenomological
4. Ethnography
5. Participatory action

Question 3

What is descriptive qualitative research design?

Answer 3

Describe and interpret.

Question 4

What is grounded theory research designs?

Answer 4

To develop theory.
Understand the process of a smoker trying to quit smoking and develop theoretical framework.

Question 5

What is phenomological research design?

Answer 5

Lived experiences- explore the experiences of a family caring for palliative cancer patient.

Question 6

What is ethnography research design

Answer 6

Immerse with people and culture
- understand the hospital culture and how the staff handles stress.

Question 7

What is participatory action research design

Answer 7

Research + participant and action, strategies for change.

Explore the perceptions of community health service providers and recipients to make policy improvments

Question 8

List out 4 data collection methods

Answer 8

1. In depth interview
2. Observations
3. Surveys with open ended qns
4. Secondary data

Question 9

List out 4 sampling methods.

Answer 9

1. Convenience
2. Purposive
3. Snowball
4. Theoretical

Question 10

How do you determine trustworthiness/rigor in qualitative research? 4 components qualitative research

Answer 10

Credibility - confidence in the truth of finding
Confirmability- extent to which other researchers can confirm findings
Dependability- stability of findings across time
Transferability- stability of finding across contexts/ population

Question 11

How do you determine trustworthiness/ rigor in quantitative research 4 components

Answer 11

1. Internal validity
2. Objectivity
3. Reliability
4. External validity.

Question 12

What are the strategies for credibility/ Internal validity? 3

Answer 12

1. Prolonged engagement
2. Triangulation
3. Member checking

Question 13

What are the strategies for confirmability/ objectivity? 2.

Answer 13

1. Triangulation
2. Practise reflexivity

Question 14

What are the strategies for dependability/ reliability? 2.

Answer 14

1. Audit trial
2. Triangulation

Question 15

What are the strategies for transferability, external validity ?

Answer 15

1. Providing thick description
2. Purposive sampling.