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Part 3: Research Designs

Chapter 10: Qualitative Research Designs

Review Questions

Review Questions


This activity contains 12 questions.

	Consider the research article title “Becoming a Father.” Select the research design that would probably be most appropriate to study the phenomenon of interest.   Ethnographic Phenomenology Action research Grounded theory

	Key informants are used in ethnographic research to obtain   information from them because they are considered to be most knowledgeable about the culture. personal feelings from an unbiased sample of members of the cultural group. names from the key informants of people who are considered to be most knowledgeable about the culture. written material about the culture.

	What type of sampling procedure is generally used in qualitative research designs?   Purposive Quota Simple random Convenience

	The data for historical research should be subjected to internal and external criticism. Which statement is true concerning criticism of historical data?   Internal criticism should be considered first. Expert criticism should be sought before researchers, themselves, actually conduct internal or external criticism of historical data. Internal and external criticism should be considered simultaneously. External criticism should be considered first.

	Grounded theory research is concerned with the   use of deductive data. testing of hypotheses. testing of theories. development of hypotheses.

	A research study would be considered a qualitative case study only if   several subjects are studied at the same time. the researcher conducts an in-depth examination of an institution, such as hospice care. the researcher is interested in the meaning of the experiences to the subjects themselves, rather than in generalizing results to other groups of people. only one subject is studied at a time.

	The purpose of “bracketing” is to   help researchers set aside their own ideas about the expected study results. set aside data that seems to be most important to the researcher so that it can be examined more thoroughly later. facilitate placing data in categories. allow the development of themes and patterns in the data.

	Data analysis in qualitative research   is less time-consuming than data analysis in quantitative research because the sample size is smaller. seeks to identify themes and patterns in the data. presents data from each individual participant and does not try to combine any of the data. presents all of the study results in the participants’ own words.

	Which of the following types of qualitative research designs have their roots in the discipline of sociology?   Action research and phenomenology Grounded theory and case study Phenomenology and historical Ethnographic and historical

	A nurse researcher is interested in how people responded to Hurricane Katrina, which occurred in 2005. The most appropriate design for this topic would be   case study phenomenological grounded theory action research

	Differentiate between internal and external criticism in historical research.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Select the qualitative designs that you think are most commonly found in the nursing research literature. Justify your choices.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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