Test 2

Qualitative interviews:

Are likely to involve un- or semi-structured and open-ended questions.

Qualitative research addresses:

Quality and value in human experiences.

Triangulation in qualitative research involves using multiple data sources and sometimes multiple types of data to develop themes during data analysis. Triangulating data helps to improve the trustworthiness of a study.

True

Which of the following questions would best be answered using qualitative research?

How does cultural background influence service providers interaction with patients/clients from different cultural backgrounds?

Is a study using interviews with open ended questions:

How we should refer to the study depends on how the data are analysed.

Qualitative research might involve: (additional)

Interviews with open-ended questions.

Qualitative research might involve:

All of the options listed. (Interviews with open-ended questions. Researchers observing behaviour. Thorough examination of relevant documents.

Phenomenology of Practice emphasises research and writing that

All of the options: address and serve the practices of professional practitioners, address both cognitive and non-cognitive dimensions of professional experience, address and serve the everyday practice of living.

In qualitative research, investigating the richness of people's lives may include listening to people's stories. As these stories come from individuals whose lived experiences differ, the results:

Cannot be generalised to a wider population of people.

Which of the following is not typically important in qualitative research?

Closed questions such as yes or no responses on a survey.

Which of the following does not apply to qualitative research ?

Ends with a statistical report.

Qualitative research is best done at randomly selected sites and/or in randomly selected individuals.

False

Which of the following questions would best be answered using qualitative research?

How does the prior experience of service providers influence their professional decision making?

The way in which any research is planned and undertaken should reflect:

The question that is asked and the best way of getting quality information.

Qualitative research represents an interpretive form of inquiry.

True

Which of the following is characteristic of qualitative research?

A holistic approach to a person's experience.

Which of the following can improve the trustworthiness of a qualitative study? (list).

All available options: (Openly acknowledging any bias the researchers bring to the study. Triangulation of findings from multiple data sources/types. Taking some of the analysis, e.g. coding, back to study participants to check if they think it conveys their views/experiences accurately.

Who the researcher/interviewer is affects how participants/interviewees answer questions. Participants might be influenced by:

All of the available options. (Feeling the need to persuade the researcher, and uncertainty as to whether the researcher will understand. The desire to demonstrate expertise/knowledge. The desire to save face.

Qualitative research can address questions such as:

How does chronic pain affect a person's life?

What is not a step in qualitative data analysis?

Generating descriptive statistics.

Which of the following can improve the trustworthiness of a qualitative study?

Including and clearly presenting discrepant findings, i.e. findings running counter to the coding system or the proposed theory.

Common sources of data for qualitative research include:

Narratives, experiences, documents and artefacts.

Grounded theory involves:

Researchers deriving a general theory of a an action, interaction, or process based on the views of participants.

Participatory action research refers to:

Study participants/volunteers taking an active and even equal role in deciding what and how data is collected for a study.

Which of the following is an example of a qualitative approach to analysis?

Thematic analysis

A key difference between qualitative and quantitative research is that in quantitative research the pre-defined protocol (process) of the study should be closely adhered to once data collection begins, but in qualitative research the data collected might legitimately guide the research in unforseen directions.

True

Different factors, will contribute to insider/outsider status in different contexts. A researcher might simultaneously be an insider with regard to some factors, but an outsider with regard to others.

True

In the real world of qualitative data collection, there is some slippage and fluidity between the two states of insider/outsider.

True

Which of the following questions would best be addressed using qualitative research?

What were the experiences of a patients using a specific service?

Phenomenological writing should aim to:

none of the options: (tell a story to the reader, create a reaction from the reader, describe an experience to a reader