Qualitative Studies

Whereas quantitative studies focus on hypothesis testing and establishing causal relations, qualitative studies focus on ____________ and ___________.

Some example designs of qualitative studies include ___________.

T/F: Participants of qualitative studies are randomly selected, sample size is large and determined by statistical calculation

List some methods for qualitative studies.

T/F: It is important to control the experimental procedure.

Types of data involved in qualitative studies:

T/F: It is important to carry out statistical analysis for qualitative studies.

Based on the stated purpose, will the study give you insight into the experience of people/patients that you care about?
-- This is a question on _________.

To evaluate the internal validity of the study, what are the two factors you consider?

What are the three types of study used in qualitative study?

Phenomenology is the ____________.

Ethnology is the ___________.

Grounded theory is the __________.

Recruiting participants to purposely meet certain criteria is ________ sampling.

Recruiting people until the stories become repetitive is called the _______ of purposive sampling.

Asking participants to recruit others who may have had a similar experience is called __________ sampling.

Recruiting participants based on who is available is called ___________ sampling.

To look at whether sampling strategy was clearly defined and justified, 3 questions could be asked:
1. Did the sample include a _________ of individuals?
2. Have the ________ of each subject been defined?
3. Did anyone _____ to participate? Why?

4 questions to be asked to determine the appropriateness of data collection methods:
1. Were the data described in ________?
2. Where there _______ resource/method?
3. Are the methods used _____ and independently ________?
4. Did the observation take in a _________?

Turning words into manageable data is called _________.

Looking at the topic from different perspectives (such as from the participants and observers) is called _________.

To minimize bias:
1. have _____________ researcher perform the analysis.
2. Address the _____ or ______ results.
3. Deriving the theme.

Getting the participant's feedback is called _________.

The researcher-generated categories that summarize findings is called ________.

Which questions should you ask to clarify the researcher's relationship between researchers and participants?

Questions to examine the credibility of results:
1. Direct ______ to support themes.
2. Is the ________ of raw data clear?
3. Are themes _____ and_____?