Portney: Ch 21 Flashcards
What is qualitative research?
Based on the belief that all interactions are inherently social phenomena.
Used to provide evidence to identify, describe and understand human or organizational behaviors, attitudes, and experiences, and how they influence health.
Considered an inductive process.
What is the purpose of qualitative research?
Describing groups of people or social phenomena
Generating hypotheses that can be tested by further research
Developing theory to explain observed phenomena
How does qualitative research contribute to EBP?
Clarify understanding of patient perspectives and needs
Understand provider and caregiver practices
Inform translational research, understanding why certain interventions do not get used or incorporated into usual care
What are the uses of qualitative research?
Investigating complex phenomena
- Sociocultural influences
- Organizational processes
- Exploring special populations
Developing valid measurements
Gaining explanatory insights
What is ethnography?
Describes cultural characteristics and behaviors in a specific group
What is grounded theory?
Individual responses contribute to understanding theoretical relationships that can explain behaviorW
What is phenomenology?
Seeks to explain how events and circumstances influence perspectives and behaviors
What are methods of qualitative data collection?
Observation
- Field observation
- Participant observation
Interviews
- Unstructured, structured, and semi-structured
- Focus groups
Written documents
Sampling in qualitative research
Non-probability sampling
Sample size
Theoretical sampling
What is theoretical sampling?
Participants added as themes begin to emerge
Data analysis and interpretation of qualitative research
Drawing meaning from narrative data
- Coding
- Content analysis
Volume of narrative data
Evaluating quality
- Trustworthiness
What are the types of trustworthiness of qualitative studies?
Credibility: triangulation, member checking, negative case analysis
Transferability: thick description, purposive sampling
Dependability: audit trail, triangulation
Confirmability: audit trail, triangulation, reflexivity
What is triangulation?
more than one source
What is negative case analysis?
explain conflicts
What is member checking?
confirm interpretation with others, including participants and colleagues
