16 ST Qualitative Analysis

Question 1

1. In a study of the culture of an infertility clinic, Horneck’s analysis focused on the domain of shared responsibility.

A. Ethnographic
B. Phenomenologic or Hermeneutic
C. Grounded Theory

Answer 1

ANSWER: A Ethnographic
Horneck likely used Spradley’s approach to analyzing data in this ethnographic study.

Question 2

2. In her study of the process of recovering from a stillbirth, Lucas began her analysis using open coding.

A Ethnographic
B Phenomenologic or Hermeneutic
C Grounded Theory

Answer 2

ANSWER: C Grounded Theory
Open coding is the first level of coding in various approaches to analyzing grounded theory data.

Question 3

3. MacGregor integrated materials from poems about love and death in a study of the experience of being a young widow or widower.

A Ethnographic
B Phenomenologic or Hermeneutic
C Grounded Theory

Answer 3

ANSWER: B Phenomenologic
Van Manen’s phenomenologic approach included the integration of artistic materials into thematic descriptions of a phenomenon.

Question 4

4. Schumacher and colleagues searched for paradigm cases in their study of the experience of memory loss in nursing home residents.

A Ethnographic
B Phenomenologic or Hermeneutic
C Grounded Theory

Answer 4

ANSWER: B Hermeneutic
Benner’s hermeneutical analytic approach involves a search for paradigm cases.

Question 5

5. In a study of stress in operating room nurses, Casey identified the core category as moral reckoning.

A Ethnographic
B Phenomenologic or Hermeneutic
C Grounded Theory

Answer 5

ANSWER: C Grounded Theory
The goal of grounded theory analysis is to identify a core category in the data.