Exam 5: Qualitative Approaches to Research

Which qualitative approach would be most appropriate for a nurse researcher to use when studying an aspect or dimension of the daily experience of women undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer?

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Question 21

The nurse researcher has opted to use grounded theory as the research method.Which data-gathering technique is most acceptable for grounded theory research?

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Question 22

Which of the following are possible ethical concerns that the nurse researcher must consider when evaluating qualitative research? (Select all that apply.)

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Question 23

The nurse researcher opts to use grounded theory as the research method.Which action or behavior should be avoided in such a study?

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Question 24

What is the purpose of grounded theory?

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Question 25

What criterion of scientific rigor for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?

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Question 26

How does the nurse researcher know when data saturation has been reached?

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Question 27

The nurse researcher has chosen to use the phenomenologic method.What features distinguish the intensive dialogue the researcher will use in this method from a simple interview?

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Question 28

Which research question will indicate to the nurse researcher that an ethnographic approach was used in the research study?

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Question 29

Which of the following features is characteristic of the grounded theory method of qualitative research?

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Question 30

When a researcher analyzes data from a phenomenologic study,what is the final synthesis of participants' descriptions?

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Question 31

The nurse researcher finds that statements made by one person interviewed during the conduct of a phenomenologic study are very similar to those made by a previous participant.How should the researcher proceed,given this circumstance?

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Question 32

Which factor in a research report indicates that the study used a qualitative design?

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Question 33

When reviewing the report of a phenomenologic study,the nurse researcher finds there is no section that describes or reports the research question.What approach should be used to determine the research question?

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Question 34

How can computer management of qualitative data assist a nurse researcher in the research process?

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Question 35

Which statement is consistent with an emic view of a factor or situation?

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Which qualitative approach would be most appropriate for a nurse researcher to use when studying an aspect or dimension of the daily experience of women undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer?

The nurse researcher has opted to use grounded theory as the research method.Which data-gathering technique is most acceptable for grounded theory research?

Which of the following are possible ethical concerns that the nurse researcher must consider when evaluating qualitative research? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse researcher opts to use grounded theory as the research method.Which action or behavior should be avoided in such a study?

What is the purpose of grounded theory?

What criterion of scientific rigor for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?

How does the nurse researcher know when data saturation has been reached?

The nurse researcher has chosen to use the phenomenologic method.What features distinguish the intensive dialogue the researcher will use in this method from a simple interview?

Which research question will indicate to the nurse researcher that an ethnographic approach was used in the research study?

Which of the following features is characteristic of the grounded theory method of qualitative research?

When a researcher analyzes data from a phenomenologic study,what is the final synthesis of participants' descriptions?

The nurse researcher finds that statements made by one person interviewed during the conduct of a phenomenologic study are very similar to those made by a previous participant.How should the researcher proceed,given this circumstance?

Which factor in a research report indicates that the study used a qualitative design?

When reviewing the report of a phenomenologic study,the nurse researcher finds there is no section that describes or reports the research question.What approach should be used to determine the research question?

How can computer management of qualitative data assist a nurse researcher in the research process?

Which statement is consistent with an emic view of a factor or situation?

Integrating the Processes of Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Research Questions, hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

Gathering and Appraising the Literature

Introduction to Qualitative Research

Appraising Qualitative Research

Introduction to Quantitative Research

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs

Nonexperimental Designs

Sampling

Legal and Ethical Issues

Data-Collection Methods

Reliability and Validity

Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Understanding Research Findings

Appraising Quantitative Research

Developing an Evidence-Based Practice

Tools for Applying Evidence to Practice

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