NURS 262 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ethnography
tradition that describes & interprets a culture & cultural behavior
culture
way a group of people live, patterns of activity & symbolic structures that give such
activity significance
emic perspective
insider's view of culture
etic perspective
outsider perspective, observer
phenomenology
tradition that focuses on description & interpretation of people's lived experience
grounded theory
tradition that focuses on discovery of a basic social psychological problem that a
defined group of people experience
historical research
tradition focused on systematic collection & critical evaluation of data relating to past
occurrences
case study
focus on thorough description & explanation of a single case or small # of cases
, critical ethnography
focuses on raising consciousness in hope of affecting social change, key objective is
transformation
critical theory research
concerned w/ critique of existing social structures & envisioning new possibilities
participatory action research (PAR)
produces knowledge through close collaboration w/ groups or communities that are
vulnerable to control or oppression
feminist research
focuses on how gender domination & discrimination shape women's lives & their
consciousness
snowball sampling
sample is restricted to small network of acquaintances
purposive sampling
researchers deliberately chose cases that will best contribute to study
max variation sampling
attempt to collect data from widest range of perspectives possible
extreme / deviant case sampling
selecting cases that are unusual or special, outstanding success or failures
typical case sampling
useful for comparing phenomenon to typical or average circumstances
theoretical sampling
selecting members who best facilitate & contribute to emerging theory
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ethnography
tradition that describes & interprets a culture & cultural behavior
culture
way a group of people live, patterns of activity & symbolic structures that give such
activity significance
emic perspective
insider's view of culture
etic perspective
outsider perspective, observer
phenomenology
tradition that focuses on description & interpretation of people's lived experience
grounded theory
tradition that focuses on discovery of a basic social psychological problem that a
defined group of people experience
historical research
tradition focused on systematic collection & critical evaluation of data relating to past
occurrences
case study
focus on thorough description & explanation of a single case or small # of cases
, critical ethnography
focuses on raising consciousness in hope of affecting social change, key objective is
transformation
critical theory research
concerned w/ critique of existing social structures & envisioning new possibilities
participatory action research (PAR)
produces knowledge through close collaboration w/ groups or communities that are
vulnerable to control or oppression
feminist research
focuses on how gender domination & discrimination shape women's lives & their
consciousness
snowball sampling
sample is restricted to small network of acquaintances
purposive sampling
researchers deliberately chose cases that will best contribute to study
max variation sampling
attempt to collect data from widest range of perspectives possible
extreme / deviant case sampling
selecting cases that are unusual or special, outstanding success or failures
typical case sampling
useful for comparing phenomenon to typical or average circumstances
theoretical sampling
selecting members who best facilitate & contribute to emerging theory
