NURS262 EXAM III QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design
flexible, capable of adjusting to what is learned during data collection
often involves triangulating various data collection strategies
tends to be holistic, striving for an understanding of the whole
requires researchers to become intensely involved and reflexive and can require a lot of
time
benefits from ongoing data analysis to guide subsequent strategies
Emergent: evolves as researchers make ongoing decisions about their data needs
based on what they have already learned
emergent design
evolves as researchers make ongoing decisions about their data needs based on what
they have already learned
Anthropology
,Domain: Culture
Research Tradition: Ethnography
Area of Inquiry: Holistic view of a culture
Psychology/Philosophy
Domain: lived experience
Research Tradition: Phenomenology
Area of Inquiry: experiences of individuals with their lifeworld interpretations and
meanings of individual's experiences
Sociology
Domain: social settings
Research Tradition: Grounded Theory
Area of Inquiry: social psychological and structural process within a social setting
History
Domain: past behavior, events, conditions
Research Tradition: Historical research
, Area of Inquiry: description/interpretation of historical events
Ethnography
describes & interprets a culture & cultural behavior
Culture: the way a group of people live-the patterns of activity & the symbolic structures
(e.g., the values & norms) that gives such activity significance
Relies on extensive, labor-intensive fieldwork
culture is inferred from the group's words, actions, and products of its members
Assumption: cultures guide the way people structure their experiences
Macroethnography vs. focused ethnography
Seeks an emic perspective
relies on wide range of data sources & 3 broad types of information
-cultural behavior
-cultural artifacts
-cultural speech
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design
flexible, capable of adjusting to what is learned during data collection
often involves triangulating various data collection strategies
tends to be holistic, striving for an understanding of the whole
requires researchers to become intensely involved and reflexive and can require a lot of
time
benefits from ongoing data analysis to guide subsequent strategies
Emergent: evolves as researchers make ongoing decisions about their data needs
based on what they have already learned
emergent design
evolves as researchers make ongoing decisions about their data needs based on what
they have already learned
Anthropology
,Domain: Culture
Research Tradition: Ethnography
Area of Inquiry: Holistic view of a culture
Psychology/Philosophy
Domain: lived experience
Research Tradition: Phenomenology
Area of Inquiry: experiences of individuals with their lifeworld interpretations and
meanings of individual's experiences
Sociology
Domain: social settings
Research Tradition: Grounded Theory
Area of Inquiry: social psychological and structural process within a social setting
History
Domain: past behavior, events, conditions
Research Tradition: Historical research
, Area of Inquiry: description/interpretation of historical events
Ethnography
describes & interprets a culture & cultural behavior
Culture: the way a group of people live-the patterns of activity & the symbolic structures
(e.g., the values & norms) that gives such activity significance
Relies on extensive, labor-intensive fieldwork
culture is inferred from the group's words, actions, and products of its members
Assumption: cultures guide the way people structure their experiences
Macroethnography vs. focused ethnography
Seeks an emic perspective
relies on wide range of data sources & 3 broad types of information
-cultural behavior
-cultural artifacts
-cultural speech
