Exam 6: Appraising Qualitative Research

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study and asks," Is saturation of the data described? " What area of the study would this question critique?

What process should the nurse researcher engage in before attempting to apply the results of a qualitative study in his or her own practice?

The nurse researcher reporting in a qualitative study indicates that audiotapes,transcriptions,and field notes are being stored in a locked filing cabinet.What criterion is being met?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a research study.Which outcome or overall purpose would be considered most appropriate for a qualitative study?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze fittingness?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study and asks,"Has the researcher remained true to the data? " Which area of the study does this question critique?

The nurse researcher can expect basic social psychological processes to emerge from the data analysis of which type of qualitative studies?

Which process should be avoided by a nurse researcher when appraising qualitative research?

Which piece of information presented in the report of a qualitative research study indicates to the nurse researcher that the research meets the criteria of auditability?

What concepts are generally used to assess trustworthiness in qualitative research? ( Select all that are applicable ).

Which activity represents attention to credibility in a qualitative study?

The nurse researcher is analyzing a report of the Schreiber et al.study titled "Being strong: How black West-Indian Canadian women manage depression and its stigma." What would indicate that it used a grounded theory approach rather than a phenomenologic approach?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze the purpose of the study?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze the sampling?

What is qualitative research designed to describe?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze auditability?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study and asks,"How has the researcher made explicit the significance of the study to nursing theory,research,or practice? " What area of the study would this question critique?

The nurse researcher is critiquing a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze the statement of the phenomenon of interest?

What are the conceptual analysis points included in DeWitt and Ploeg's proposed framework for assessment of rigor in interpretive phenomenology? ( Select all that are applicable ).

During the critique of the research study,the nurse researcher notes the statement,"Saturation was achieved at the completion of 20 interviews." Which is the significance of this statement?